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CVE-1999-0192

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1997-10-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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

Affected products

• RedHat Linux: 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 (+1)
• Slackware Linux: 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.9 (+1)

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0192
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0192

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