PT-1998-1015 · Sun · Sun Libnsl

Published 1998-05-14 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-1999-0055

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 Sun libnsl (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to buffer overflows in Sun libnsl, which can allow root access.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0055

Affected Products

Sun Libnsl

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0055 · Security Note
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX80543&apar=only · Note
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/172 · Note