CVE Catalog
CVE-1999-0022
HighCVSS 7.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk0.49%
38th percentile - higher than 38% of all known CVEs
Summary
A local user can gain root privileges via a buffer overflow in rdist, using the expstr() function.
Risk Assessment
This vulnerability allows unauthorized access to the system with full privileges, potentially leading to serious security breaches.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the rdist software to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in rdist
See all- CVE-1999-0023High
A local user can gain root privileges via a buffer overflow in rdist, using the lookup() function.
- CVE-1999-1468Medium
A vulnerability in rdist on various UNIX systems allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable when executing sendmail using popen.
Original NVD description (English source)
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.