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CVE-2001-1529

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in rpc.yppasswdd (yppasswd server) in AIX allows attackers to gain unauthorized access via a long string. NOTE: due to lack of details in the vendor advisory, it is not clear if this is the same issue as CVE-2001-0779.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: all versions

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2001-q4/0009.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2001-q4/0009.html

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