CVE-1999-0872: Buffer Overflow
First published: Wed Aug 25 1999(Updated: )
Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Vixie Vixie Cron | =3.0_pl1 | |
| Redhat Linux | =5.1 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =2.2 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =2.1 | |
| Redhat Linux | =5.2 | |
| Caldera OpenLinux | =2.2 | |
| Redhat Linux | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Linux | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Linux | =4.1 | |
| Redhat Linux | =4.0 | |
| Redhat Linux | =4.2 |
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