<date>
09/1997

<title>
libnsl.so gethostbyname()

<os>
Solaris 2.5 2.5.1 sparc

<info>
There exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in the libnsl.so gethostbyname() function.
It is possible to exploit this bug and locally gain root user privileges.

<link>
SOLARIS/solsparc_libnsl.c

<file>
SOLARIS/solsparc_libnsl.c

