CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1296

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.34%

26th percentile - higher than 26% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in Kerberos IV compatibility libraries used in Kerberos V allows local users to gain root privileges via a long line in a kerberos configuration file, which can be specified via the KRB_CONF environmental variable.

Risk Assessment

Local users can gain unauthorized access to the system with administrator privileges, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to Kerberos configuration files and to monitor and control environmental variables to prevent exploitation of this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Kerberos IV compatibility libraries as used in Kerberos V allows local users to gain root privileges via a long line in a kerberos configuration file, which can be specified via the KRB_CONF environmental variable.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS