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CVE-2001-0779

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 62.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-10-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in rpc.yppasswdd (yppasswd server) in Solaris 2.6, 7 and 8 allows remote attackers to gain root access via a long username.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 2.6, 7.0, 8.0
• Sunos: 5.7, 5.8

References

• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/209
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-008.shtml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/327281
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/187086
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200110041632.JAA28125%40dim.ucsd.edu
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2763
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6629
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A102
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A56
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/209
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-008.shtml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/327281

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