VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-0023
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.78%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.78% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- inet/inet · bsdi/bsd os · freebsd/freebsd · ibm/aix · sco/internet faststart · sco/open desktop · sco/openserver · sco/tcp ip · sco/unixware · sun/sunos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.