CVE-1999-0966 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Sunos

3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 27
Latest updateApr 30

Description

Buffer overflow in Solaris getopt in libc allows local users to gain root privileges via a long argv[0].

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

â–¶NVDsun/sunos5.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-f796-96w6-f24f: Buffer overflow in Solaris getopt in libc allows local users to gain root privileges via a long argv[0]↗2022-04-30
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CVEList
CVE-1999-0966: Buffer overflow in Solaris getopt in libc allows local users to gain root privileges via a long argv[0]↗2000-03-22
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CVE-1999-0966 — SUN Sunos vulnerability | cvebase