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CVE-2001-0779

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
18/10/2001
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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