CVE-1999-0188: Sun Solaris

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

The passwd command in Solaris can be subjected to a denial of service.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: version 2.4 only; version 2.5 only; version 2.5.1 only; version 2.6 only
• Sun Sunos: affected versions not specified; version 5.3 only; version 5.4 only; version 5.5 only; version 5.5.1 only

Published 1998-12-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.