CVE-1999-0298

no score yetEPSS 2.0%

No CVSS score yet. EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ypbind with -ypset and -ypsetme options activated in Linux Slackware and SunOS allows local and remote attackers to overwrite files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

EPSS: 2.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 81% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 1997-02-05
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

slackware:slackware_linux
sun:sunos

References

http://www.nai.com/nai_labs/asp_set/advisory/06_ypbindsetme_adv.asp
http://www.nai.com/nai_labs/asp_set/advisory/06_ypbindsetme_adv.asp

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