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CVE-1999-1296 - Self effacing Turns

Description

Buffer overflow in Kerberos IV compatibility libraries as used in Kerberos V allows local users to gain root privileges via a long line in a kerberos configuration file which can be specified via the KRB_CONF environmental variable.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420878&w=2