CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-1208

Published: Jul 21, 1997 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
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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Buffer overflow in ping in AIX 4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AixIbm3.2.5 (including)3.2.5 (including)
AixIbm4.1 (including)4.1 (including)
AixIbm4.2 (including)4.2 (including)

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