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CVE-1999-0055

Published: May 14, 1998 | Modified: Apr 16, 2026
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0055
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Buffer overflows in Sun libnsl allow root access.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AixIbm4.2 (including)4.2 (including)
AixIbm4.2.1 (including)4.2.1 (including)
AixIbm4.3 (including)4.3 (including)
AixIbm4.3.1 (including)4.3.1 (including)
AixIbm4.3.2 (including)4.3.2 (including)
SolarisSun2.4 (including)2.4 (including)
SolarisSun2.5 (including)2.5 (including)
SolarisSun2.5.1 (including)2.5.1 (including)
SolarisSun2.6 (including)2.6 (including)
SunosSun- (including)- (including)
SunosSun5.2 (including)5.2 (including)
SunosSun5.3 (including)5.3 (including)
SunosSun5.4 (including)5.4 (including)
SunosSun5.5 (including)5.5 (including)
SunosSun5.5.1 (including)5.5.1 (including)

References

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