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CVE-1999-0188

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1998-12-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The passwd command in Solaris can be subjected to a denial of service.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6
• Sunos: 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.5.1

References

• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/182
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/182

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