Buffer Overflow in Kerberos IV Compatibility Libraries: Local Privilege Escalation via Long Line in Configuration File

CVE-1999-1296 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Buffer overflow in Kerberos IV compatibility libraries as used in Kerberos V allows local users to gain root privileges via a long line in a kerberos configuration file, which can be specified via the KRB_CONF environmental variable.

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