Vulnerability in Slackware Linux

CVE-1999-0192

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

EPSS: 0.100 (95.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Slackware Slackware_linux — versions 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Redhat Linux — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-0192?: CVE-1999-0192 is a vulnerability in Slackware Linux. Published 1997-10-18.
Is CVE-1999-0192 known to be exploited?: 33 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.