Vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5
CVE-1999-1296
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.
EPSS: 0.003 (26.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mit Kerberos_5 — versions 1.5.2
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)