Solaris syslogd crashes when receiving a message from a host that doesn't have an inverse DNS entry.
Priority LOW 11Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Solaris syslogd crashes when receiving a message from a host that doesn't have an inverse DNS entry.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00313 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-0223
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q289-h6gw-f7rp
More Sunos vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-00858 Argument injection vulnerability in the telnet daemon (in.telnetd) in Solaris 10 and 11… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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- TI-2003-00185 Buffer overflow in the call_trans2open function in trans2.c for Samba 2.2.x before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2001-01531 lpd daemon (in.lpd) in Solaris 8 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2002-00376 Integer overflow in xdr_array function in RPC servers for operating systems that use… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2002-01263 Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-1999-0223 · CVE Program
- CVE-1999-0223 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q289-h6gw-f7rp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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