CVE-1999-1041

Summary

CVE-1999-1041 is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the mscreen component in SCO OpenServer 5.0 and SCO UNIX 3.2v4. By supplying excessively long values for the TERM environmental variable or the .mscreenrc file entry, a local user can manipulate the affected software and potentially gain root access. This issue poses a significant risk to systems running these unix variants and requires prompt patching to mitigate the threat.

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