CVE-1999-0032: Bsdi Bsd OS

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Bsdi Bsd OS: version 2.1 only
• Freebsd Freebsd: version 2.0 only; version 2.0.5 only; version 2.1.0 only; version 2.1.5 only
• Next Nextstep: version 4.0 only; version 4.1 only
• Sgi Irix: version 5.0 only; version 5.0.1 only; version 5.1 only; version 5.1.1 only; version 5.2 only; version 5.3 only; …
• Sun Sunos: version 4.1.3u1 only; version 4.1.4 only

Published 1996-10-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.