CVE-1999-0002

Summary

CVECVE-1999-0002
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1998-10-12 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2009-01-26 05:00:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in NFS mountd gives root access to remote attackers, mostly in Linux systems.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Bsdi Bsd Os 1.1 All All All
Operating System Bsdi Bsd Os 1.1 All All All
Operating System Caldera Openlinux 1.2 All All All
Operating System Caldera Openlinux 1.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 2.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 2.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 2.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 2.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Multiple Vendor Linux Mountd Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
NFS mountd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability CIAC www.ciac.org
19981006-01-I SGI patches.sgi.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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