CVE-1999-0101

High CVSS 10

Published 1996-12-10 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0101, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0101

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C