CVE-1999-0949 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'canuum' program, part of the Canna input system, affecting SGI, Sun, and Turbolinux systems. This flaw allows a local attacker to achieve root privileges due to its low attack complexity and lack of authentication requirement. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking significant community discussion or media coverage, an exploit for Turbolinux 3.5 b2 is available on ExploitDB. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.2, indicating critical impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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