Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local malicious users 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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redhat linux 4.2 |
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debian debian linux 1.3.1 |
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