CVE-1999-0055 describes buffer overflow vulnerabilities within Sun's libnsl library, impacting IBM AIX, Solaris, and SunOS systems. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) allows a local attacker to gain root access with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.