CRITICAL: CVE-1999-0798 (CVSS 10) — bsdi bsd os

CVE: CVE-1999-0798

CVSS: 10 (2.0) — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: CRITICAL

Status: Critical advisory

Affected

• bsdi bsd os
• freebsd freebsd
• openbsd openbsd
• redhat linux
• sco internet faststart

Summary

Buffer overflow in bootpd on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux systems via a malformed header type.

Verified Sources

• NVD entry
• GitHub Advisory
• MITRE

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91278867118128&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91278867118128&w=2

_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._