Unscored severity · published May 14, 1998
CVE-1999-0055
Buffer overflows in Sun libnsl allow root access
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflows in Sun libnsl allow root access.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Aix · Ibm
4.2; 4.2.1; 4.3; 4.3.1; 4.3.2 · source: NVD
SO
Solaris · Sun
2.4; 2.5; 2.5.1; 2.5.1; 2.6 · source: NVD
SU
Sunos · Sun
5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0055
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0055
sunsolve.sun.com
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/172
www-1.ibm.com
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX80543&apar=only
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