CVE-1999-0381 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-1999-0381?

CVE-1999-0381 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 4 Feb 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

super 3.11.6 and other versions have a buffer overflow in the syslog utility which allows a local user to gain root access.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0381?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-1999-0381?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0381 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-1999-0381 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0381 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-w58h-pfq7-qm3x.