CVE-1999-1385

high

Description

Buffer overflow in ppp program in FreeBSD 2.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

References

http://www.osvdb.org/6085

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7465.php

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420332&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1996-12-19

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0005