PT-1996-1069 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Published 1996-12-19 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-1385

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeBSD versions 2.1 and earlier

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the ppp program, allowing local users to gain privileges through a long HOME environment variable.

Recommendations For FreeBSD versions 2.1 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1385

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 5

• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/old/FreeBSD-SA-96:20.stack-overflow.asc · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1385 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/7465.php · Note
• http://osvdb.org/6085 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420332&w=2 · Note