CVE-1999-0101

published 1996-12-10

CVE-1999-0101: Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names.

Priority P3 39 critical 10 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C C I C A C

EXPLOIT

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

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ibm	aix	—	—
ibm	aix	—	—
ibm	aix	—	—

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