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CVE-1999-0298

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1997-02-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

ypbind with -ypset and -ypsetme options activated in Linux Slackware and SunOS allows local and remote attackers to overwrite files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Affected products

• Slackware Linux: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
• Sunos: 4.1.3, 4.1.4

References

• http://www.nai.com/nai_labs/asp_set/advisory/06_ypbindsetme_adv.asp
• http://www.nai.com/nai_labs/asp_set/advisory/06_ypbindsetme_adv.asp

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