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CVE-1999-0085 [severity HIGH] Buffer overflow in rwhod

on AIX and other operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a UDP packet with a long hostname. NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD) -- services.nvd.nist.gov (CVE / CVSS / CPE). {"cve":{"id":"CVE-1999-0085","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","published":"1996-08-21T04:00:00.000","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:47:32.770","vulnStatus":"Modified","cveTags":[],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Buffer overflow in rwhod on AIX and other operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a UDP packet with a long hostname."}],"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:P/I:P/A:P","baseScore":7.5,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"PARTIAL","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL"},"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":10.0,"impactScore":6.4,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":true,"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:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"32FCB0B3-8FBE-49FA-B17E-0D5462C9E5B4"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"05F20EC2-ADE6-4F96-A2E7-1DCCA819D657"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"36419DD6-0DB4-4BB6-A35F-D8FDB89402F1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}]}},