CVE-1999-0002

Summary

CVE-1999-0002 refers to a significant buffer overflow vulnerability in the NFS (Network File System) mountd service, predominantly affecting Linux systems. This issue permits remote attackers to gain root access by exploiting a buffer overflow flaw in mountd, potentially leading to serious security consequences. The vulnerability arises due to insufficient bounds checking in the handling of NFS mount requests, enabling attackers to inject malicious data that overwrites memory and ultimately results in arbitrary code execution with root privileges. This vulnerability, if exploited, could enable an attacker to take complete control of the affected system.

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