Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.537Z
Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-1999-1048
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 1998-09-05T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-1999-1048
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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