# CVE-1999-0833: Buffer overflow in BIND 8.2 via NXT records.


- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Jan 2000
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3q86-gfmq-f6c6

## What is CVE-1999-0833?

CVE-1999-0833 is a high-severity vulnerability in Isc Bind, published on 4 Jan 2000. 

### Official description

Buffer overflow in BIND 8.2 via NXT records.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0833?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Isc Bind, Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

## How do I fix CVE-1999-0833?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0833 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-1999-0833 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0833 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Isc Bind

- [CVE-2008-0122](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0122/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0010/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0011](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0011/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0013](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0013/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-1029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-1029/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-0833 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-1999-0833 is a high-severity vulnerability in Isc Bind, published on 4 Jan 2000. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0833 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Isc Bind. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0833/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0833/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0833
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0833
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-1999-0833

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0833/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.