CVE-1999-0038: Bsdi Bsd OS

High severity, CVSS 8.4. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in xlock program allows local users to execute commands as root.

Affected products

• Bsdi Bsd OS: version 2.1 only
• Data General Dg Ux: version 1.0 only; version 2.0 only; version 3.0 only; version 4.0 only; version 5.0 only; version 6.0 only; …
• Debian Debian Linux: version 0.93 only; version 1.1 only; version 1.2 only; version 1.3 only
• HP HP-Ux: version 10.00 only; version 10.01 only; version 10.08 only; version 10.10 only; version 10.16 only; version 10.20 only; …
• IBM Aix: version 3.2 only; version 4.1 only; version 4.2 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 Solaris: version 2.4 only; version 2.5 only; version 2.5.1 only
• Sun Sunos: version 5.3 only; version 5.4 only; version 5.5 only; version 5.5.1 only

Published 1997-04-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.