FKIE_CVE-1999-0022

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 1996-07-03 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:47
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/179
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/179
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sgi irix 5.0
sgi irix 5.0.1
sgi irix 5.1
sgi irix 5.1.1
sgi irix 5.2
sgi irix 5.3
sgi irix 5.3
sgi irix 6.0
sgi irix 6.0.1
sgi irix 6.0.1
sgi irix 6.1
sgi irix 6.2
sgi irix 6.3
sgi irix 6.4
bsdi bsd_os 1.1
freebsd freebsd 2.0
freebsd freebsd 2.0.5
freebsd freebsd 2.1.0
hp hp-ux 10.00
ibm aix 3.1
ibm aix 3.2
ibm aix 3.2.4
ibm aix 3.2.5
ibm aix 4.1
ibm aix 4.1.1
ibm aix 4.1.2
ibm aix 4.1.3
ibm aix 4.1.4
ibm aix 4.1.5
ibm aix 4.2
sun solaris 4.1.3
sun sunos 4.1.1
sun sunos 4.1.2
sun sunos 4.1.3u1
sun sunos 5.0
sun sunos 5.1
sun sunos 5.2
sun sunos 5.3
sun sunos 5.4
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      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    },
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-125"
        }
      ],
      "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
      "type": "Secondary"
    }
  ]
}


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Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.