CVE-1999-0339

Summary

CVE-1999-0339 is a vulnerability affecting the libauth library in Solaris operating systems. This issue results in a buffer overflow, allowing local users to exploit the flaw and elevate their privileges, potentially gaining root access to the system. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to Solaris users, as successful exploitation can lead to serious security compromises. The buffer overflow occurs due to insufficient bounds checking during the parsing of authentication data, leaving the system open to manipulation. It is recommended that affected systems be updated with the relevant patches to mitigate this risk.

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