CVE-2001-0779
N/A
Published: March 9, 2002 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:54 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSolarisSunos
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 62%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUN
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/209Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcex_refsource_CIAC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-008.shtmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/327281Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/187086Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200110041632.JAA28125%40dim.ucsd.eduVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2763VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6629VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A102Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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