CVE-1999-0129 - Vulnerability Details

Vendors	Products
Bsdi	Bsd Os
Eric Allman	Sendmail
Freebsd	Freebsd
Hp	Hp-ux
Ibm	Aix
Sco	Internet Faststart Openserver
Sun	Solaris Sunos

Link	Providers
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1996-25.html

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