CVE-2004-2300

The CVE-2004-2300 entry concerns a buffer overflow in snmpd for ucd-snmp 4.2.6 and earlier when run as root-setuid. Local users could potentially execute arbitrary code via a long -p argument. Multiple sources (Red Hat, Debian security tracker, NVD) reiterate the same description; there is explic...

CVE-2004-2300

Buffer overflow in snmpd in ucd-snmp 4.2.6 and earlier, when installed setuid root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -p command line argument. NOTE: it is not clear whether there are any standard configurations in which snmpd is installed setuid or setgid. If not, then this...