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TI-1999-00021 Aliases CVE-1999-0022GHSA-r96j-7gxg-wp39

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

Priority LOW 37CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00491 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-08
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 39

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.1VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1.1VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.3VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:*:xfs:*:*:*:*:*5.3VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.1VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0.1:*:xfs:*:*:*:*:*6.0.1VulnerableSgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.1 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.1 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:*:xfs:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.1 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0.1:*:xfs:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.1 Vulnerable ·Sgi
Show 29 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.1VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.4VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1VulnerableBsdi
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.5VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.0VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.00VulnerableHewlett Packard Enterprise
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2.4VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2.5VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.1VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.2VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.3VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.4VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.5VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.3VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.1VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.2VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3u1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.3u1VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.3VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.4VulnerableSun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.1 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.4 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1 Vulnerable ·Bsdi
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.5 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.0 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.00 Vulnerable ·Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.4 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.5 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.2 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.3 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.4 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.5 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.3 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.1 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.2 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3u1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.3u1 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4 Vulnerable ·Sun

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-0022
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r96j-7gxg-wp39

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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