CVE-1999-1385 Information

Description

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

Reference

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/old/FreeBSD-SA-96:20.stack-overflow.asc http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420332&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7465.php http://www.osvdb.org/6085