CVE-1999-0704

Summary

CVE-1999-0704 is a significant buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the Berkeley automounter daemon logging facility, which is part of the amd component in the Linux am-utils package and possibly others. This issue arises due to insufficient bounds checking on user-supplied data, allowing malicious actors to inject and execute arbitrary code. An attacker could exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized access to a system, install malware, or carry out other malicious activities. This vulnerability was first identified in 1999 and has posed a risk to systems that had not applied the necessary patch or update since then. It underscores the importance of timely software maintenance and user awareness in cybersecurity.

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