CVE-1999-0101

Summary

CVE-1999-0101 is a significant buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the "gethostbyname" library calls in both AIX and Solaris operating systems. This issue is caused by improper input validation in the handling of DNS host names, which can result in the overflow of a buffer used during name resolution. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability can gain root access to the affected system. Such an attack could be executed by sending specially crafted DNS responses to a victim's machine, leading to potentially serious consequences, including unauthorized system access and data breaches.

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