CVE-1999-0693

Summary

CVE-1999-0693 is a significant vulnerability affecting the ToolTalk shared library. This issue involves a buffer overflow in the TT_SESSION environment variable. Local users can exploit this flaw to gain root privileges, compromising the security of the affected system. The vulnerability arises due to insufficient bounds checking on user input in the affected variable. System administrators are advised to update their ToolTalk library to a secure version to mitigate this risk.

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