TI-1999-00990 Aliases CVE-1999-1040 GHSA-qxxj-crp6-jvvc

Vulnerabilities in (1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in NetWare Client 1.0 on IRIX 6.3 and 6.4…

LOW 32Published 2001-09-12 · Updated 2024-08-01

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Vulnerabilities in (1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in NetWare Client 1.0 on IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 allows local users to gain root access via a modified IFS environmental variable.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00363 30th 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

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:::::::*	6.3	Vulnerable	Sgi
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.4:::::::*	6.4	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

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-1040
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qxxj-crp6-jvvc

References

Patch 1

I-055

Other 1

19980408 SGI O2 ipx security issue

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TI-1999-00009 Inverse query buffer overflow in BIND 4.9 and BIND 8 Releases. CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0

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Sources

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