CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0381

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.73%

49th percentile - higher than 49% of all known CVEs

Summary

Versions super 3.11.6 and others have a buffer overflow in the syslog utility, allowing a local user to gain root access.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability poses a serious security risk by allowing local users to escalate their privileges.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of the software to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

super 3.11.6 and other versions have a buffer overflow in the syslog utility which allows a local user to gain root access.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS