CVE-1999-0297

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

12/12/1996

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron library up to version 3.0 allows local users to obtain root access via a long environmental variable.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:3.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux::::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:3.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux::::::::

CVE-1999-0297

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools