CVE-1999-1327

Summary

CVE-1999-1327 is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting linuxconf 1.11r11-rh2 on Red Hat Linux 5.1. This issue allows local users to exploit the vulnerability by setting a long LANG environmental variable, resulting in an overflow of the buffer. Successful exploitation grants the attacker root privileges on the system. Users are advised to update their linuxconf packages to a secure version to mitigate this risk.

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