Vulnerability CVE-1999-0032
Published: 1996-10-25   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in lpr, as used in BSD-based systems including Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via a long -C (classification) command line option.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
SUN -> Sunos 
SGI -> IRIX 
NEXT -> Nextstep 
Freebsd -> Freebsd 
BSDI -> Bsd os 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/707
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-042.shtml
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19980402-01-PX
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