PT-1996-1014 · Oracle+1 · Solaris+1

Published 1996-12-10 · Updated 2008-09-09 · CVE-1999-0101

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AIX (affected versions not specified) Solaris (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the "gethostbyname" library call, which can be exploited through corrupt DNS host names to gain root access.

Recommendations For AIX, update to a version that includes a fix for the buffer overflow in the "gethostbyname" library call. For Solaris, update to a version that includes a fix for the buffer overflow in the "gethostbyname" library call. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting DNS host name parsing to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0101

Affected Products

Aix

Solaris

References · 3

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/22251 · Exploit
• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-13.shtml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0101 · Security Note