CVE-1999-1574: Undefined Security Weakness

Buffer overflow in the lex routines of nslookup for AIX 4.3 may allow attackers to cause a core dump and possibly execute arbitrary code via "long input strings."...

IBM AIX nslookup buffer overflow in lex routines

Overview There is a problem with the nslookup program related to the handling of long strings. Description This problem is reported to be the result of incorrect bounds checking on the part of the lex routines used in nslookup. This vulnerability is mentioned in an IBM advisory as being exploited...