Vulnerability in Slackware Linux

CVE-1999-1489

Buffer overflow in TestChip function in XFree86 SuperProbe in Slackware Linux 3.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -nopr argument.

EPSS: 0.011 (61.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Slackware Slackware_linux — versions 3.1
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)