CVE-1999-1471

Current Description

Buffer overflow in passwd in BSD based operating systems 4.3 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a long shell or GECOS field.

Basic Data

Published	January 01, 1989
Last Modified	September 05, 2008
Assigner	cve@mitre.org
Data Type	CVE
Data Format	MITRE
Data Version	4.0
Problem Type	NVD-CWE-Other
CVE Data Version	4.0

Base Metric V2

CVSS 2 - Version	2.0
CVSS 2 - Vector String	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS 2 - Access Vector	LOCAL
CVSS 2 - Access Complexity	LOW
CVSS 2 - Authentication	NONE
CVSS 2 - Confidentiality Impact	COMPLETE
CVSS 2 - Availability Impact	COMPLETE
CVSS 2 - Base Score	7.2
Severity	HIGH
Exploitability Score	3.9
Impact Score	10.0
Obtain All Privilege	true
Obtain User Privilege	false
Obtain Other Privilege	false

Base Metric V3

No data provided.

Configurations

OR - Configuration 1

Cpe Version	Part	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	SW Edition	Target SW	Target HW	Other	Version Start Including	Version End Including	Version Start Excluding	Version End Excluding
2.3	OS	Bsd	Bsd	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Bsd	Bsd	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Vulnerable Software List

Vendor	Product	Versions
Bsd	Bsd	4.2, 4.3

References

Name	Source	URL	Tags
CA-1989-01	http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1989-01.html	CERT	Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
bsd-passwd-bo(7152)	http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7152.php	XF
4	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4	BID	Patch Vendor Advisory