CVE-1999-0974 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-1999-0974

Buffer overflow in Solaris snoop allows remote attackers to gain...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in Solaris snoop allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via GETQUOTA requests to the rpc.rquotad service.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

solaris, sunos
Vulnerable Versions:
2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, 7.0, 5.4, 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.7

Timeline

Official Publish: January 4th, 2000
Last Modified: August 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.