Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-1999-0048 First vendor Publication 1997-01-27
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2008-09-09

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Talkd, when given corrupt DNS information, can be used to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-0048

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 3
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
8203 Multiple Vendor in.talkd Crafted DNS Response Remote Overflow

A remote overflow exists in talkd. The talkd fails to check bounds on the buffer where the hostname is stored resulting in a stack space overflow. With a specially crafted DNS entry, an attacker can cause remote execution of arbitrary commands with root privileges resulting in a loss of integrity.

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
SUN http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/147

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