CVE

Id
821  
CVE No.
CVE-1999-0841  
Status
Candidate  
Description
Buffer overflow in CDE mailtool allows local users to gain root privileges via a long MIME Content-Type.  
Phase
Modified (20071022)  
Votes
ACCEPT(5) Armstrong, Baker, Cole, Dik, Stracener | MODIFY(1) Frech | REVIEWING(1) Prosser  
Comments
Frech> XF:cde-mailtool-bo | Dik> bug 4163471 | (Root access is only possible when mail is send to root and he | uses dtmail to read it)