| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-1999-1477 (CCN-3349) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 1999-09-23 | ||||||||
| Published: | 1999-09-23 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2017-12-19 | ||||||||
| Summary: | Buffer overflow in GNOME libraries 1.0.8 allows local user to gain root access via a long --espeaker argument in programs such as nethack. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Privileges | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Thu, 23 Sep 1999 18:36:18 -0500 Linux GNOME exploit Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-1999-1477 Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 13530 GNOME Libraries Local Overflow Source: BUGTRAQ Type: Exploit, Vendor Advisory 19990923 Linux GNOME exploit Source: BID Type: Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory 663 Source: CCN Type: BID-663 GNOME espeaker Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN gnome-espeaker-local-bo(3349) Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN gnome-espeaker-local-bo(3349) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration 2: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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