CVE-1999-1471

CVE-1999-1471 affects BSD-based operating systems’ passwd component (versions 4.3 and earlier). The root cause is a buffer overflow when a long shell or GECOS field is supplied, enabling local users to gain root privileges. Connected documents confirm the vulnerability is local and provide no pub...

CVE-2001-1471

prefs.php in phpBB 1.4.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via an invalid language value, which prevents the variables 1 $lstatsblock in prefs.php or 2 $lprivnotify in auth.php from being properly initialized, which can be modified by the user and later...