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CVE-1999-1158

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 1997-05-13 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) pluggable authentication module (PAM) on Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.5 and (2) unix_scheme in Solaris 2.4 and 2.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via programs that use these modules such as passwd, yppasswd, and nispasswd.

Affected Platforms

Sun Sunos

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References