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CVE-1999-0023


Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function.


Published

1996-07-24T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application inet inet 5.01 Yes
Application inet inet 6.01 Yes
Operating System bsdi bsd_os * Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.0.5 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.1.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.2 Yes
Operating System ibm aix 3.2 Yes
Operating System ibm aix 4.1 Yes
Operating System ibm aix 4.2 Yes
Operating System sco internet_faststart 1.0 Yes
Operating System sco open_desktop 2.0 Yes
Operating System sco open_desktop 3.0 Yes
Operating System sco openserver 2.0 Yes
Operating System sco openserver 5.0 Yes
Operating System sco openserver 5.0.2 Yes
Operating System sco tcp_ip 1.2.0 Yes
Operating System sco tcp_ip 1.2.1 Yes
Operating System sco unixware 2.0 Yes
Operating System sco unixware 2.1 Yes
Operating System sun sunos - Yes
Operating System sun sunos 4.1.3 Yes
Operating System sun sunos 4.1.3u1 Yes
Operating System sun sunos 4.1.4 Yes
Operating System sun sunos 5.3 Yes
Operating System sun sunos 5.4 Yes
Operating System sun sunos 5.5 Yes
Operating System sun sunos 5.5.1 Yes

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