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CVE-1999-0298

CVE information

Published

27 years ago

Last Modified

15 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

ypbind with -ypset and -ypsetme options activated in Linux Slackware and SunOS allows local and remote attackers to overwrite files via a .. (dot dot) attack..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -