CVE-1999-1048

published 1998-09-05

CVE-1999-1048: Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is…

Priority P4 14 medium 4.6 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C P I P A P

Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
redhat	linux	—	—

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