CVE-1999-1588

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 1999-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in nlps_server in Sun Solaris x86 2.4, 2.5, and 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a long string beginning with "NLPS:002:002:" to the listen (aka System V listener) port, TCP port 2766.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1

References

http://lsd-pl.net/files/get?SOLARIS/solx86_nlps_server
http://security-protocols.com/sploits/unsorted_exploits/nlps_server.c
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2319
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/nlps_server.c
http://lsd-pl.net/files/get?SOLARIS/solx86_nlps_server
http://security-protocols.com/sploits/unsorted_exploits/nlps_server.c
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2319
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/nlps_server.c

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