Buffer overflow in passwd in BSD based operating systems 4.3 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a long shell or GECOS field.
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.476Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1471

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 1989-01-01T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-05T20:19:36.257

Link: CVE-1999-1471

cve-icon Redhat

No data.