CVE-1999-0973

Summary

CVE-1999-0973 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the Solaris snoop program. When snoop is run in verbose mode, attackers can exploit this weakness by sending a long domain name during a NetBIOS name query. Successful exploitation grants the attacker root privileges on the targeted system. This issue poses a significant security risk, particularly for networks using the Solaris operating system and reliant on the snoop utility in verbose mode. It is essential to patch affected systems promptly to mitigate this vulnerability.

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