Vulnerability in Ibm Aix

CVE-1999-0101

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

EPSS: 0.078 (94.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Ibm Aix — versions 3.2, 4.1, 4.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (government-resource, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CIAC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-0101?
CVE-1999-0101 is a vulnerability in Ibm Aix. Published 1996-12-10.
Is CVE-1999-0101 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.