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CVE-1999-0048 [severity HIGH] Talkd, when given corrup

t DNS information, can be used to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD) -- services.nvd.nist.gov (CVE / CVSS / CPE). {"cve":{"id":"CVE-1999-0048","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","published":"1997-01-27T05:00:00.000","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:47:27.283","vulnStatus":"Modified","cveTags":[],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Talkd, when given corrupt DNS information, can be used to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges."}],"affected":[{"source":"cve@mitre.org","affectedData":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}]}],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","baseScore":10.0,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE"},"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":10.0,"impactScore":10.0,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":true,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}]},"weaknesses":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","description":[{"lang":"en","value":"NVD-CWE-Other"}]}],"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:debian:netkit:0.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"31167082-8255-49DA-A3C2-F1F395DFCF15"}]}]},{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"CE321D29-3312-4F22-B930-1B119DA4BD27"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"FBF25306-E7C2-4F9A-A809-4779A6C0A079"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"05F20EC2-ADE6-4F96-A2E7-1DCCA819D657"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:nec:asl_ux_4800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"81B329CB-C41D-4487-A492-C34DC68899B6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:nec:ews-ux_v:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"AADD2657-6791-45DD-95C4-F437FCEF4357"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:nec:up-ux_v:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"B10E6A9A-8C15-4349-AD4F-A24F65991034"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/147","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/147","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}]}},