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CVE-1999-1385

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1996-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in ppp program in FreeBSD 2.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: through 2.1.0; 1.0, 1.1, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 2.1.6.1

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420332&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7465.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/6085
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420332&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7465.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/6085

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