Vulnerability in Alec Muffet Cracklib
CVE-1999-1140
Buffer overflow in CrackLib 2.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long GECOS field.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (35.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Alec Muffet Cracklib — versions 2.5
References
- www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-97.16.CrackLib (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1539 (vdb-entry)