CVE-1999-0085

Summary

CVE-1999-0085 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the rwhod service found in AIX and other operating systems. An attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a UDP packet with an excessively long hostname, causing the buffer to overflow. Once the buffer is overflowed, an attacker can inject and execute arbitrary code on the targeted system. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to affected systems and requires immediate attention and patching to mitigate the threat.

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