FKIE_CVE-1999-1158

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 1997-05-13 04:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
Buffer overflow in (1) pluggable authentication module (PAM) on Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.5 and (2) unix_scheme in Solaris 2.4 and 2.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via programs that use these modules such as passwd, yppasswd, and nispasswd.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AA-97.09.Solaris.passwd.buffer.overrun.vul
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/139&type=0&nav=sec.sbaPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AA-97.09.Solaris.passwd.buffer.overrun.vul
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/139&type=0&nav=sec.sbaPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sun sunos 5.3
sun sunos 5.4
sun sunos 5.5
sun sunos 5.5.1
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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