CVE
- Id
- 1451
- CVE No.
- CVE-1999-1471
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- Buffer overflow in passwd in BSD based operating systems 4.3 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a long shell or GECOS field.
- Phase
- Modified (20020218-01)
- Votes
- ACCEPT(3) Cole, Foat, Stracener | MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(1) Wall
- Comments
- Frech> XF:bsd-passwd-bo(7152)