Vulnerability in Bsdi Bsd_os

CVE-1999-0879

Buffer overflow in WU-FTPD and related FTP servers allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via macro variables in a message file.

EPSS: 0.097 (94.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Bsdi Bsd_os — versions 2.1, 3.0
Caldera Openlinux — versions 1.0
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)