fkie_cve-1999-1299
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
1997-02-03 05:00
Modified
2024-11-20 23:30
Severity ?
Summary
rcp on various Linux systems including Red Hat 4.0 allows a "nobody" user or other user with UID of 65535 to overwrite arbitrary files, since 65535 is interpreted as -1 by chown and other system calls, which causes the calls to fail to modify the ownership of the file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420509&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420509&w=2
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat linux 4.0
slackware slackware_linux 3.1


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      "value": "rcp on various Linux systems including Red Hat 4.0 allows a \"nobody\" user or other user with UID of 65535 to overwrite arbitrary files, since 65535 is interpreted as -1 by chown and other system calls, which causes the calls to fail to modify the ownership of the file."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-1999-1299",
  "lastModified": "2024-11-20T23:30:47.107",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE",
          "baseScore": 10.0,
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          "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
        "impactScore": 10.0,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": true,
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        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
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  "published": "1997-02-03T05:00:00.000",
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    },
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}


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