CVE-1999-0101

CRITICAL

10.0

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1130%

EPSS Percentile40.37th

PublishedDec 10, 1996

Last ModifiedApr 16, 2026

Vulnerability Description

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

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Ibm

= 3.2

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Ibm

= 4.1

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Ibm

= 4.2

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