CVE-1999-1588 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.22453.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.4::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1::x86:::::

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Sun Subscribe	Solaris Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lsd-pl.net/files/get?SOLARIS/solx86_nlps_server
http://security-protocols.com/sploits/unsorted_exploits/nlps_server.c
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2319
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/nlps_server.c

History

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5:::::::*
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-04-21T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:19:09.412Z

Reserved: 2006-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1588

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.629Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1999-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1588

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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