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CVE-1999-0192


Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable.


Published

1997-10-18T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System redhat linux 4.0 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 4.1 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 4.2 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 5.0 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 5.1 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 5.2 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 6.0 Yes
Operating System slackware slackware_linux 3.2 Yes
Operating System slackware slackware_linux 3.3 Yes
Operating System slackware slackware_linux 3.4 Yes
Operating System slackware slackware_linux 3.5 Yes
Operating System slackware slackware_linux 3.6 Yes
Operating System slackware slackware_linux 3.9 Yes
Operating System slackware slackware_linux 4.0 Yes

References