CVE-2001-0779

CVE-2001-0779 describes a remote buffer overflow in the rpc.yppasswdd (yppasswd) service, affecting Solaris 2.6/7/8 (and related implications for AIX per vendor notes). The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain root privileges by supplying a long username string, as documented by multipl...

Immunity Canvas: YPPASSWDD

Name| yppasswdd ---|--- CVE| CVE-2001-0779 Exploit Pack| CANVAS Description| yppasswdd YPPASSWDUPDATE Stack Overflow Notes| References: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F27486&zone32=category%3Asecurity%20yppasswdd CVE Name: CVE-2001-0779 VENDOR: Sun Patch Info: Solaris 2....