CVE-1999-0983

Summary

CVE-1999-0983 is a vulnerability affecting the Whois Internic Lookup program whois.cgi. This issue allows remote attackers to execute commands by inserting shell metacharacters into the domain entry parameter. Successful exploitation could result in the attacker gaining unauthorized access to the system and potentially taking control of it. This vulnerability could be exploited through specially crafted domain name queries, posing a significant risk to networks and systems relying on the Whois service to resolve domain information. It is recommended that affected systems be patched immediately to mitigate this threat.

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