CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-0779

10.0 HIGH Published 2001-10-18 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-10-18
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

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.

Affected configurations

• sun solaris 2.6 • sun solaris 7.0 • sun solaris 8.0 • sun sunos • sun sunos 5.7 • sun sunos 5.8

References