CVE-1999-0023
HighPublished
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function.
- Published
- Sep 29, 1999
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Jul 3, 1996
Primary CVSS
7.2/ 10High
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C0.8%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 54.9%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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Summary
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function.
Sources
- BSDI BSD/OS 2.1 / FreeBSD 2.1 / IBM AIX 4.2 / SGI IRIX 6.4 / Sun SunOS 4.1.3 - Buffer OverrunExploit
Jeff Uphoff · linux · Jul 3, 1996
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