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A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris up to 4.1.3 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function expstr. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.

The weakness was released 07/03/1996 by 8lgm as 00179 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0022. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (540), SecurityFocus (BID 129†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-546†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-13745.

Affected

• FreeBSD up to 2.1.0
• IBM AIX up to 4.2
• SGI IRIX up to 6.4

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Sun

Name

• Solaris

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life (old version)

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 9.3
VulDB Temp Score: 8.9
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.8
CNA Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

07/03/1996 🔍
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07/03/1996 +0 days 🔍
12/29/2002 +2370 days 🔍
06/17/2014 +4188 days 🔍
08/02/2024 +3698 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: 00179⛔
Researcher: 8lgm
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0022 (🔍)
X-Force: 540
SecurityFocus: 129 - Multiple Vendor Rdist [8LGM] Vulnerability 1996
Vulnerability Center: 546 - Buffer Overflow in Multiple Vendor Rdist Allows Unauthorized Root Access, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 05:09 PM
Updated: 08/02/2024 12:39 AM
Changes: 06/17/2014 05:09 PM (63), 05/07/2019 11:10 AM (3), 08/02/2024 12:39 AM (27)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 18:727:40

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