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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 14, 1998· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0055

CVE-1999-0055

Description

Buffer overflows in Sun libnsl allow root access.

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Affected products

17
  • IBM/Aix5 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Sun Corporation/Solaris5 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.4:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.4:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Sun Corporation/Sunos6 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Sun Corporation/libnslllm-create

Patches

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References

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