CVE-1999-0900

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Buffer overflow in rpc.yppasswdd allows a local user to gain privileges via MD5 hash generation.

Buffer overflow in rpc.yppasswdd allows a local user to gain privileges via MD5 hash generation.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 25 years ago

1999-10-23 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-09 12:36:00

Affected Software

Linux NIS rpc.yppasswdd

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