CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1583

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.63%

46th percentile - higher than 46% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in nslookup for AIX 4.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long hostname command line argument.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to unauthorized access to the system and execution of malicious code by local users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the AIX system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to the nslookup tool.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in nslookup for AIX 4.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long hostname command line argument.

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