Multiple Vendor rpc.nisd Long NIS+ Argument Remote Overflow

The remote RPC service 100300 nisd is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack that allows any user to obtain a root shell on this host. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid10251; scriptversion"1.28"; scriptcvsdate"Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:24";...

CVE-1999-0008

CVE-1999-0008: A buffer overflow in Sun NIS+ rpc.nisd (the remote RPC service 100300/nisd) allows a remote attacker to gain a root shell on the affected host. Multiple connected sources (OpenVAS/Nessus) describe it as a remote, network-exposed overflow with a base CVSS v2 score of 10.0 and full i...