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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 1997· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0192

CVE-1999-0192

Description

Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable.

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Affected products

14
  • Red Hat/Linux7 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
  • Slackware/Linux7 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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