In short
- CVE-1999-1140 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting cracklib (alec muffet).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.43%, higher than 37.8% of all vulnerabilities.
- No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| cracklib | = 2.5
| No fix yet |
Description
Buffer overflow in CrackLib 2.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long GECOS field.
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