CVE-1999-0043: Bsdi Bsd OS

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 44.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Command execution via shell metachars in INN daemon (innd) 1.5 using "newgroup" and "rmgroup" control messages, and others.

Affected products

• Bsdi Bsd OS: version 2.1 only
• Caldera Openlinux: version 1.0 only
• ISC Inn: version 1.4sec only; version 1.4sec2 only; version 1.4unoff3 only; version 1.4unoff4 only; version 1.5 only
• Nec Goah Intrasv: version 1.1 only
• Nec Goah Networksv: version 1.2 only; version 2.2 only; version 3.1 only
• Netscape News Server: version 1.1 only
• Red Hat Linux: version 4.0 only; version 4.1 only

Published 1996-12-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.