CVE-1999-0303

Summary

CVE-1999-0303 is an old buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the BNU UUCP daemon (uucpd). The issue arises when the daemon processes long hostnames, resulting in excess data being written to a buffer. An attacker could exploit this flaw by crafting a specially crafted hostname, causing the buffer to overflow and potentially executing arbitrary code on the system. This vulnerability posed a significant risk to systems running BNU UUCP daemon and required immediate patching to mitigate the threat.

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