CVE-1999-1048 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:1.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1029	Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00087.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602746719555&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/1998/19980909
http://www.osvdb.org/8345
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10542
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3414

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Redhat Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.537Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1048

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1998-09-05T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1048

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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