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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.80035
Category:Gain a shell remotely
Title:yppasswdd overflow
Summary:The remote RPC service 100009 (yppasswdd) is vulnerable; to a buffer overflow which allows any user to obtain a root shell on this host.
Description:Summary:
The remote RPC service 100009 (yppasswdd) is vulnerable
to a buffer overflow which allows any user to obtain a root shell on this host.

Solution:
Disable this service if you don't use
it, or contact Sun for a patch.

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2001-0779
BugTraq ID: 2763
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2763
Bugtraq: 20010528 solaris 2.6, 7 yppasswd vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/187086
Bugtraq: 20011004 Patches for Solaris rpc.yppasswdd available (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200110041632.JAA28125@dim.ucsd.edu
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#327281
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/327281
Computer Incident Advisory Center Bulletin: M-008
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-008.shtml
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
Sun Security Bulletin: 00209
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/209
Sun Bug ID: 4456994
XForce ISS Database: solaris-yppasswd-bo(6629)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6629
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Renaud Deraison

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