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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 17, 1997· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1182

CVE-1999-1182

Description

Buffer overflow in run-time linkers (1) ld.so or (2) ld-linux.so for Linux systems allows local users to gain privileges by calling a setuid program with a long program name (argv[0]) and forcing ld.so/ld-linux.so to report an error.

Affected products

8
  • Delix/Dld
    cpe:2.3:a:delix:dld:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Caldera (company)/Openlinux Lite
    cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux_lite:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Debian/Debian Linux
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Lst/Lst Power Linux
    cpe:2.3:o:lst:lst_power_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/Linux3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • SUSE S.A./Linux
    cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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