VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-1140
Buffer overflow in CrackLib 2.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long GECOS field.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.43%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in CrackLib 2.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long GECOS field.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- alec muffet/cracklib
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88209041500913&w=2
- http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-97.16.CrackLibPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1539
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88209041500913&w=2
- http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-97.16.CrackLibPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1539
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.