CVE-1999-0023 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-1999-0023

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist,...

Vulnerability Description

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

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

inet, bsd os, freebsd, aix, internet faststart, open desktop, openserver, tcp ip, unixware, sunos
Vulnerable Versions:
5.01, 6.01, 2.0, 2.0.5, 2.1.0, 2.2, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 1.0, 3.0, 5.0, 5.0.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 2.1, 4.1.3, 4.1.3u1, 4.1.4, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.5.1

Timeline

Official Publish: September 29th, 1999
Last Modified: August 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.