Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-0192

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
slackware
redhat
critical
exploit available
NVD
Published: 1997-10-18
Updated: 2022-08-17

Summary

Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Slackware
7
OS
Redhat
7

Exploit-Db

  • descriptionRedHat Linux 6.0, Slackware Linux 4.0 Termcap tgetent() Buffer Overflow (1). CVE-1999-0192 . Local exploit for linux platform
    idEDB-ID:19464
    last seen2016-02-02
    modified1999-08-18
    published1999-08-18
    reporterm0f0
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/19464/
    titleRedHat Linux <= 6.0, Slackware Linux <= 4.0 Termcap tgetent Buffer Overflow 1
  • descriptionRedHat Linux 6.0, Slackware Linux 4.0 Termcap tgetent() Buffer Overflow (2). CVE-1999-0192 . Local exploit for linux platform
    idEDB-ID:19465
    last seen2016-02-02
    modified1999-08-18
    published1999-08-18
    reportersk8
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/19465/
    titleRedHat Linux <= 6.0, Slackware Linux <= 4.0 Termcap tgetent Buffer Overflow 2

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