Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Solaris PAM and unix_scheme Modules

CVE-1999-1158 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Buffer overflow in (1) pluggable authentication module (PAM) on Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.5 and (2) unix_scheme in Solaris 2.4 and 2.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via programs that use these modules such as passwd, yppasswd, and nispasswd.

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