CVE-1999-1298

Summary

CVE-1999-1298 is a vulnerability affecting FreeBSD 2.2.1 and earlier versions. During the configuration of anonymous FTP, the sysinstall process creates a new user named 'ftp' with an empty password and sets the shell to '/bin/date'. This issue enables unauthorized access, allowing attackers to potentially exploit the system by gaining control over certain resources.

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