CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-0048

10.0 HIGH Published 1997-01-27 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1997-01-27
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Talkd, when given corrupt DNS information, can be used to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Affected configurations

• debian netkit 0.07 • ibm aix 3.1 • ibm aix 4.1 • ibm aix 4.2 • nec asl ux 4800 • nec ews-ux v • nec up-ux v

References