CVE-1999-0018

Summary

CVE-1999-0018 is a significant vulnerability affecting the statd daemon. A buffer overflow issue has been identified, allowing an attacker to potentially gain root privileges on a vulnerable system. By sending specially crafted data to the affected statd process, an attacker could cause the buffer to overflow and execute arbitrary code, thereby gaining unauthorized access to the system. This vulnerability poses a serious risk to systems running statd with default or weak configurations, and it is strongly recommended that affected organizations apply the available patch as soon as possible to mitigate this threat.

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