01 Record
CVE-1999-0101
Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2000-01-18 05:00Z26 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-01 16:27Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 1999-06-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 21f70353dce2884c13b27a0356fe5344517f0e2badf38f463daf52a9e4a67a9e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- ciac.llnl.govH-13http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-13.shtml