CVE-1999-0056: Sun Sunos

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in Sun's ping program can give root access to local users.

Affected products

• Sun Sunos: any version; version 5.3 only; version 5.4 only; version 5.5 only; version 5.5.1 only

Published 1998-09-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.