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Overview
Vulnerability Score	7.2
CVE Id	CVE-1999-1327
Last Modified	10 Sep 2008 03:01:43
Published	31 Dec 1999 12:00:00
Confidentiality Impact	COMPLETE
Integrity Impact	COMPLETE
Availability Impact	COMPLETE
Access Vector	LOCAL
Access Complexity	LOW
Authentication	NONE

CVE-1999-1327

Summary

Buffer overflow in linuxconf 1.11r11-rh2 on Red Hat Linux 5.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.

Vulnerable Systems

Operating System

• Redhat Linux 5.1

References

CONFIRM - http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh51-errata-general.html#linuxconf

BUGTRAQ - 19980601 Re: SECURITY: Red Hat Linux 5.1 linuxconf bug (fwd)

OSVDB - 6065

XF - linuxconf-lang-bo(7239)