CVE-1999-0879: Bsdi Bsd OS

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 9.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in WU-FTPD and related FTP servers allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via macro variables in a message file.

Affected products

• Bsdi Bsd OS: version 2.1 only; version 3.0 only
• Caldera Openlinux: version 1.0 only

Published 1999-10-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.