Vulnerability in Sun Solaris
CVE-1999-1419
Buffer overflow in nss_nisplus.so.1 library in NIS+ in Solaris 2.3 and 2.4 allows local users to gain root privileges.
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: 0.004 (32.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sun Solaris — versions 2.4
- Sun Sunos — versions 5.3, 5.4
References
- sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/219 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/7535.php (vdb-entry)