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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 7, 1997· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1298

CVE-1999-1298

Description

Sysinstall in FreeBSD 2.2.1 and earlier, when configuring anonymous FTP, creates the ftp user without a password and with /bin/date as the shell, which could allow attackers to gain access to certain system resources.

Affected products

6
  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD6 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.2.1
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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References

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