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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 1996· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0101

CVE-1999-0101

Description

Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names.

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Affected products

5

IBM/Aix4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Oracle Corporation/Solarisllm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

1

ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-13.shtmlnvdVendor Advisory

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