CVE

Id
1028  
CVE No.
CVE-1999-1048  
Status
Entry  
Description
Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.  
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