CVE-1999-0704

Summary

CVE-1999-0704 is a significant buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the logging facility of the Berkeley automounter daemon (amd) found in the Linux am-utils package and possibly other systems. This issue arises due to insufficient bounds checking during the logging process, enabling attackers to inject malicious data and potentially gain unauthorized access or execute arbitrary code. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in serious security risks and system compromise. It is recommended that affected systems be updated with patches to prevent potential attacks.

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