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CVE-1999-0101

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Published: Dec 10, 1996Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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10.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

Description

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

Affected (3)

Products: Ibm: Aix
Ibm
1 product
Aix
Configuration A
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ibm
Aix
Version 3.2
Aix
Version 4.1
Aix
Version 4.2

References (2)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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