CVE-1999-0457

Linux ftpwatch program allows local users to gain root privileges...

CVE-1999-0457

Linux ftpwatch program allows local users to gain root privileges...

CVE-1999-0457

CVE-1999-0457 concerns the Linux ftpwatch program. The connected Red Hat CVE entry reiterates that Linux ftpwatch program allows local users to gain root privileges , i.e., a local-privilege-escalation vulnerability. The available documents do not specify affected distributions, versions, or the ...

ftpwatch.txt

Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 11:48:22 -0400 From: Jamie Fifield Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: SECURITY ftpwatch package has major security problems -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- We have found that the ftpwatch package as distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 and lat...

[SECURITY] ftpwatch package has major security problems

We have found that the ftpwatch package as distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 and later distributions has a security problem which makes it trivial for users to gain root access. We recommend that you remove the ftpwatch package immediately. We will be working on a new version of ftpwatch to...

CVE-1999-0457

Linux ftpwatch program allows local users to gain root privileges...

[SECURITY] ftpwatch package has major security problems

We have found that the ftpwatch package as distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 and later distributions has a security problem which makes it trivial for users to gain root access. We recommend that you remove the ftpwatch package immediately. We will be working on a new version of ftpwatch to...