PT-1997-1175 · Oracle · Solaris

Published 1997-01-27 · Updated 2022-08-17 · CVE-1999-0966

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the getopt function within the libc library of Solaris. This allows local users to potentially gain root privileges by providing a long argv[0].

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0966

Affected Products

Solaris

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0966 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0966 · Note