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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 13, 1997· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1158

CVE-1999-1158

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) pluggable authentication module (PAM) on Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.5 and (2) unix_scheme in Solaris 2.4 and 2.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via programs that use these modules such as passwd, yppasswd, and nispasswd.

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Affected products

5
  • Sun Corporation/Sunos4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • 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/Solarisllm-fuzzy
    Range: 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1

Patches

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References

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