CVE-1999-0122

Summary

CVE-1999-0122 is a significant buffer overflow vulnerability affecting AIX's lchangelv utility. This issue allows attackers to send specially crafted input to the lchangelv application, resulting in an overflow condition that can be exploited to gain root access to the system. The vulnerability resides in the way the utility handles the input data, permitting unauthorized users to execute arbitrary code and ultimately take control of the affected system. This poses a serious risk to the security and integrity of AIX-based systems, emphasizing the importance of applying the available patch as soon as possible.

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