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CVE-1999-0339

• 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: 1998-08-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the libauth library in Solaris allows local users to gain additional privileges, possibly root access.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6
• Sunos: 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.5.1

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0339
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0339

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