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FKIE_CVE-1999-0023

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 1996-07-24 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:47
Severity
Summary
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0023
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0023
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
inet inet 5.01
inet inet 6.01
bsdi bsd_os *
freebsd freebsd 2.0
freebsd freebsd 2.0.5
freebsd freebsd 2.1.0
freebsd freebsd 2.2
ibm aix 3.2
ibm aix 4.1
ibm aix 4.2
sco internet_faststart 1.0
sco open_desktop 2.0
sco open_desktop 3.0
sco openserver 2.0
sco openserver 5.0
sco openserver 5.0.2
sco tcp_ip 1.2.0
sco tcp_ip 1.2.1
sco unixware 2.0
sco unixware 2.1
sun sunos -
sun sunos 4.1.3
sun sunos 4.1.3u1
sun sunos 4.1.4
sun sunos 5.3
sun sunos 5.4
sun sunos 5.5
sun sunos 5.5.1
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