CVE-2001-0779 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in rpc.yppasswdd (yppasswd server) in Solaris 2.6, 7 and 8 allows remote attackers to gain root access via a long username.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 74.3% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.74289.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/209
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-008.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/327281
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/187086
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200110041632.JAA28125%40dim.ucsd.edu
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2763
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6629
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A102
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A56

History

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Subscriptions

Sun Solaris Sunos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:30:06.161Z

Reserved: 2001-10-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0779

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-10-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0779

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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