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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 1996· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0131

CVE-1999-0131

Description

Buffer overflow and denial of service in Sendmail 8.7.5 and earlier through GECOS field gives root access to local users.

Affected products

20
  • cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microfocus/Hpux3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • IBM/Aix3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:sco:internet_faststart:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Range: <=8.7.5

Patches

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