Vulnerability in Bsdi BSD OS
CVE-1999-0032
Buffer overflow in lpr, as used in BSD-based systems including Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via a long -C (classification) command line option.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (61.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Bsdi BSD OS — versions 2.1
- FreeBSD — versions 2.0, 2.0.5, 2.1.0
- Next Nextstep — versions 4.0, 4.1
- Sgi Irix — versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1
- Sun Sunos — versions 4.1.3u1, 4.1.4
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/707 (vdb-entry)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-042.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)