CVE-1999-0966

The vulnerability is in the Solaris libc: a buffer overflow in the getopt function that can be triggered by a long argv[0], potentially allowing local users to gain root privileges. Connected PT-security data confirms Solaris as the affected platform and notes that affected versions are not speci...

CVE-1999-0966

Buffer overflow in Solaris getopt in libc allows local users to gain root privileges via a long argv0...