Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-0008
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Buffer overflow in NIS+, in Sun's rpc.nisd program.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 5 | |
| OS | 2 |
Nessus
| NASL family | RPC |
| NASL id | NISD_OVERFLOW.NASL |
| description | The remote RPC service 100300 (nisd) is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack that allows any user to obtain a root shell on this host. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 10251 |
| published | 2002-08-26 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2002-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/10251 |
| title | Multiple Vendor rpc.nisd Long NIS+ Argument Remote Overflow |