CVE-1999-0099: Bsdi Bsd OS

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in syslog utility allows local or remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Affected products

• Bsdi Bsd OS: version 2.0 only; version 2.0.1 only
• Convex Convexos: version 10.1 only; version 10.2 only; version 11.0 only; version 11.1 only
• Convex Spp-Ux: version 3 only
• Cray Unicos: version 8.0 only; version 8.3 only; version 9.0 only
• IBM Aix: version 3.2 only; version 4.1 only
• Sun Solaris: version 2.4 only
• Sun Sunos: version 4.1.3 only; version 4.1.3u1 only; version 4.1.4 only; version 5.3 only; version 5.4 only

Published 1995-10-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.