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CVE-1999-0192 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remo)

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

CVE IDCVE-1999-0192
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score10.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1997-10-18
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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