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CVE-1999-0381

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-02-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 2.0
• Linux kernel: 2.6.20.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/342
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.3.96.990225011801.12757A-100000%40eleet
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/342
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.3.96.990225011801.12757A-100000%40eleet

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