CVE-1999-1158

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Buffer overflow in (1) pluggable authentication module (PAM) on Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.5 and (2) unix_scheme in Solaris 2.4 and 2.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via programs that use these modules such as passwd, yppasswd, and nispasswd.

Buffer overflow in (1) pluggable authentication module (PAM) on Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.5 and (2) unix_scheme in Solaris 2.4 and 2.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via programs that use these modules such as passwd, yppasswd, and nispasswd.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Sun Microsystems Solaris

First reported 27 years ago

1997-05-13 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:26:00

Affected Software

Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.3

5.3

Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.4

5.4

Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.5

5.5

Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.5.1

5.5.1

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