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CVE-1999-0832

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-11-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in NFS server on Linux allows attackers to execute commands via a long pathname.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 2.1
• RedHat Linux: 5.2

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/1999/19991111
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_29.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh42-errata-general.html#NFS
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/782
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.20.9911091058140.12964-100000%40mail.zigzag.pl
• http://www.debian.org/security/1999/19991111
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_29.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh42-errata-general.html#NFS
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/782
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.20.9911091058140.12964-100000%40mail.zigzag.pl

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