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CVE-1999-1327 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in linuxconf 1.11r11-rh2 on Red Hat Linux 5.)

Buffer overflow in linuxconf 1.11r11-rh2 on Red Hat Linux 5.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.

CVE IDCVE-1999-1327
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1999-12-31
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in linuxconf 1.11r11-rh2 on Red Hat Linux 5.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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