CVE-1999-1588: Sun Solaris

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 10.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in nlps_server in Sun Solaris x86 2.4, 2.5, and 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a long string beginning with "NLPS:002:002:" to the listen (aka System V listener) port, TCP port 2766.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: version 2.4 only; version 2.5 only; version 2.5.1 only

Published 1999-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.