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CVE-1999-0101

Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names.

Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.03249
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

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ibm aixall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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remoteAIX 3.x/4.x / Windows 95/98/2000/NT 4.0 / SunOS 5 - 'gethostbyname()' Remote Buffer Overflowverified
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Scoring & Timeline

10
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD10 Dec 1996 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-13.shtmlVendor Advisory
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