CVE-1999-1158
N/A
Published: September 12, 2001 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:49 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSunos
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_AUSCERT
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AA-97.09.Solaris.passwd.buffer.overrun.vulVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/139&type=0&nav=sec.sbaQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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