PT-1997-1224 · Mit · Kerberos

Published 1997-04-29 · Updated 2020-01-21 · CVE-1999-1296

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 Kerberos (affected versions not specified)

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in Kerberos IV compatibility libraries used in Kerberos V. This issue allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a long line in a Kerberos configuration file via the KRB CONF environmental variable.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1296

Affected Products

Kerberos

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1296 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420878&w=2 · Note