## Description

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function.

## Severity

Overall Severity: N/A

### CVSS Metrics

Type | Score | Severity | Vector
--- | --- | --- | ---

## Affected Products

### inet - inet

Affected Versions:

- 5.01

### inet - inet

Affected Versions:

- 6.01

### bsdi - bsd_os

Affected Versions:

- *

### freebsd - freebsd

Affected Versions:

- 2.0

### freebsd - freebsd

Affected Versions:

- 2.0.5

### freebsd - freebsd

Affected Versions:

- 2.1.0

### freebsd - freebsd

Affected Versions:

- 2.2

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 3.2

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 4.1

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 4.2

### sco - internet_faststart

Affected Versions:

- 1.0

### sco - open_desktop

Affected Versions:

- 2.0

### sco - open_desktop

Affected Versions:

- 3.0

### sco - openserver

Affected Versions:

- 2.0

### sco - openserver

Affected Versions:

- 5.0

### sco - openserver

Affected Versions:

- 5.0.2

### sco - tcp_ip

Affected Versions:

- 1.2.0

### sco - tcp_ip

Affected Versions:

- 1.2.1

### sco - unixware

Affected Versions:

- 2.0

### sco - unixware

Affected Versions:

- 2.1

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- -

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 4.1.3

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 4.1.3u1

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 4.1.4

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 5.3

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 5.4

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 5.5

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 5.5.1

## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0023
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0023

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