CVE-1999-1237

Summary

CVE-1999-1237 is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the smbvalid/smbval SMB authentication library, which is used in Apache::AuthenSmb and potentially other modules. Attackers can exploit this issue by providing long usernames or passwords, or through other unspecified methods, leading to arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to systems that utilize the affected library for SMB authentication.

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