high7.2
CVE-1999-0872
Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.
Impact
Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Vixie | Vixie Cron | Version 3.0_pl1 |
| Caldera | Openlinux | Version 2.2 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 2.1, 2.2 |
| Redhat | Linux | Versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 |