CVE-1999-1299

rcp on various Linux systems including Red Hat 4.0 allows a "nobody" user or other user with UID of 65535 to overwrite arbitrary files, since 65535 is interpreted as -1 by chown and other system calls, which causes the calls to fail to modify the ownership of the file.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 1997-02-03 05:00

Updated : 2024-02-28 10:24


NVD link : CVE-1999-1299

Mitre link : CVE-1999-1299

CVE.ORG link : CVE-1999-1299


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Products Affected

slackware

  • slackware_linux

redhat

  • linux