PT-1998-1016 · Sun · Ping

Published 1998-09-09 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-1999-0056

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 ping program (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the ping program, which can potentially allow local users to gain root access.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0056

Affected Products

Ping

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0056 · Security Note
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/174 · Note