CVE-1999-0032

Summary

CVE-1999-0032 is a significant buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the lpr utility, which is used for printing in BSD-based systems including Linux. The issue arises from a long -C (classification) command line option, enabling local users to surreptitiously execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This flaw poses a serious threat to system security, as attackers can potentially gain complete control over the affected system.

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