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CVE-2003-1055

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-07-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the nss_ldap.so.1 library for Sun Solaris 8 and 9 may allow local users to gain root access via a long hostname in an LDAP lookup.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 8.0, 9.0
• Sunos: 5.8

References

• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52222-1
• http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=3224
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-113.shtml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7064
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006401
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11641
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52222-1
• http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=3224
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-113.shtml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7064
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006401
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11641

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