CVE-1999-0234 describes a vulnerability in Bash where any character with a value of 255 is interpreted as a command separator, potentially allowing for arbitrary command execution. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 4.6) primarily affects various Linux distributions including Caldera, Red Hat, SGI, SuSE, and Yggdrasil, with a local attack vector and low complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:yggdrasil:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.