CVE-1999-0405: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A buffer overflow in lsof allows local users to obtain root privilege.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 2.0 only; version 2.0.5 only
• Freebsd Freebsd: version 2.0 only; version 2.0.5 only; version 2.1.0 only; version 2.1.5 only; version 2.1.6 only; version 2.1.7.1 only; …
• Red Hat Linux: version 5.2 only
• Suse Suse Linux: version 4.2 only; version 4.3 only; version 4.4 only; version 4.4.1 only; version 5.0 only; version 5.1 only; …

Published 1999-02-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.