CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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8.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Linux up to 5.2 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Dosemu S-Lang Library. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Buffer overflow in Dosemu Slang library in Linux.
The issue has been introduced in 10/03/1996. The weakness was released 01/04/1999 by FIRST (Website). The advisory is shared at ftp.caldera.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0390. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 823 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 14439 and 14438.
Product
Type
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Version
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9
VulDB Base Score: 9.3
VulDB Temp Score: 8.9
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/03/1996 🔍01/04/1999 🔍
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06/20/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: redhat.comAdvisory: ftp.caldera.com
Researcher: FIRST
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-0390 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 187 - Dosemu S-Lang Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 06/20/2014 12:45Updated: 04/15/2019 06:34
Changes: 06/20/2014 12:45 (52), 04/15/2019 06:34 (4)
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