CVE-1999-1490

Summary

CVE-1999-1490 is a vulnerability affecting xosview 1.5.1 in Red Hat 5.1. This issue grants local users the ability to elevate their privileges to root access, by exploiting a weakness in the system's handling of long HOME environmental variables. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in significant security implications, as unauthorized users can gain full control over the affected system. It is important for system administrators to apply appropriate patches or upgrades to mitigate this threat.

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