CVE-1999-1327

Summary

CVE-1999-1327 is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting linuxconf 1.11r11-rh2 on Red Hat Linux 5.1. Maliciously crafted LANG environmental variables that exceed the intended buffer size can cause the application to crash and potentially allow a local user to gain root privileges. exploitation of this flaw can lead to serious security implications. Users are advised to update their linuxconf packages as soon as possible to mitigate this risk. This issue was discovered in 1999 and is considered a significant vulnerability in the history of cybersecurity.

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