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CVE-2004-1079

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) ncplogin and (2) ncpmap in nwclient.c for ncpfs 2.2.4, and possibly other versions, may allow local users to gain privileges via a long -T option.

Affected products

• Ncpfs: 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-November/029563.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110175523207437&w=2
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-09.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:028
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433927/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11945
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18283
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-November/029563.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110175523207437&w=2
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-09.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:028
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433927/100/0/threaded

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