CVE-1999-1385 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in ppp program in FreeBSD 2.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0005.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Freebsd Subscribe	Freebsd Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1366	Buffer overflow in ppp program in FreeBSD 2.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/old/FreeBSD-SA-96:20.stack-overflow.asc
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420332&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7465.php
http://www.osvdb.org/6085

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.176Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1385

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1996-12-19T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1385

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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