cve-1999-0872
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2000-02-04 05:00
Modified
2024-08-01 16:55
Severity ?
Summary
Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/611
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/759
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/611
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/759
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