CVE-1999-0303
CVSS 2.0 Score 4.6 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published May 21, 1998
Updated: Nov 20, 2024
Summary
CVE-1999-0303 is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the BNU UUCP daemon (uucpd). This issue arises when the daemon processes long hostnames, leading to an overflow condition in the designated buffer. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution or denial of service. Systems running the affected software are at risk, and it is recommended that administrators upgrade or patch their installations to mitigate this threat.
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Affected Products
- SunOS
- NetBSD
- OpenBSD
- Sun Solaris
Affected Vendors
- Oracle Corp
- OpenBSD Project
- Netbsd
- Sun.