CVE-2003-0176

CVE-2003-0176 affects the IRIX Name Service Daemon (nsd) running as an NIS master on SGI IRIX 6.5.x (through 6.5.20f and possibly earlier). The vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending UDP port scans to nsd. Public sources in connected documents confir...

Security Bulletin #209

Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin Bulletin Number: 00209 Date: October 22, 2001 Cross-Ref: CERT Vulnerability Note VU327281 Title: rpc.yppasswdd The information contained in this Security Bulletin is provided "AS IS." Sun makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect to the...

Solaris rpc.yppasswdd does not adequately check input allowing users to execute arbitrary code

Overview A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in the 'rpc.yppasswd' service on Solaris 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8. Description Network Information Service NIS provides a simple network lookup service consisting of databases and processes. Its purpose is to provide information, that has to be know...