CVE-1999-0303

Summary

CVE-1999-0303 refers to a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the BNU UUCP daemon (uucpd). This issue arises due to the daemon's inability to handle long hostnames, leading to an excess of data being written to a fixed-size buffer. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet with a long hostname to the vulnerable system, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution, denial of service, or other malicious activities. Systems running the affected version of BNU UUCP should be updated to a patch that addresses this issue to prevent potential exploitation.

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