CVE-2001-0779 Detail

CVE-2001-0779

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74.94%V3

Vector

Network

Published

2002-03-09
04h00 +00:00

Modified

2002-02-25
23h00 +00:00

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CVE Descriptions

Buffer overflow in rpc.yppasswdd (yppasswd server) in Solaris 2.6, 7 and 8 allows remote attackers to gain root access via a long username.

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Metrics	Score	Severity	CVSS Vector	Source
V2	10		AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	[email protected]

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Exploit information

Exploit Database EDB-ID : 20879

Publication date : 2001-05-09 22h00 +00:00
Author : metaray
EDB Verified : Yes

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2763/info The rpc.yppasswdd server is used to handle password change requests from yppasswd and modify the NIS password file. A buffer overrun vulnerability has been discovered in the rpc.yppasswdd utility distributed by multiple vendors. The problem occurs due to insufficient bounds checking before copying remotely-supplied user information into a static memory buffer. As a result, a malicious user may be capable of exploiting this issue to overwrite sensitive locations in memory and thus execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges. https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/20879.tar.gz