CVE-1999-0101 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-1999-0101

Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names.

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.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

aix
Vulnerable Versions:
3.2, 4.1, 4.2

Timeline

Official Publish: January 18th, 2000
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.