CVE-1999-0978 Command injection in n/a

What is CVE-1999-0978?

CVE-1999-0978 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 4 Jan 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

htdig allows remote attackers to execute commands via filenames with shell metacharacters.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0978?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Debian Debian Linux.

How do I fix CVE-1999-0978?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0978 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-1999-0978 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0978 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j4r5-26ph-47c8.