CVE-1999-0369

Summary

CVE-1999-0369 is a significant vulnerability affecting the Sun sdtcm_convert utility within OpenWindows. This calendar utility contains a buffer overflow issue, which if exploited, can result in unauthorized root access to the system. An attacker could potentially send specially crafted input to the utility, causing it to overflow the buffer and execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability poses a serious threat to system security, as an attacker gaining root access would have complete control over the affected machine. It is strongly recommended that users of the Sun sdtcm_convert utility apply the available patch to mitigate this risk.

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