CVE-1999-1329

The CVE describes a local privilege escalation caused by a buffer overflow in SysVInit on Red Hat Linux 5.1 and earlier. Affected component: SysVInit; vulnerable action: buffer overflow leading to privilege gain. Root cause: overflow in SysVInit that permits local users to escalate privileges to ...

CVE-1999-1328

CVE-1999-1328 affects linuxconf prior to 1.11.r11-rh3 on Red Hat Linux 5.1. The issue arises from a symlink attack that lets local attackers overwrite arbitrary files and escalate to root privileges. The connected documents confirm the vulnerable component (linuxconf), the affected version range,...