CVE-2000-0032

Summary

CVE-2000-0032 is a vulnerability affecting the Solaris operating system. This issue enables local users to corrupt the dmispd daemon by adding a malformed file to the /var/dmi/db database using the dmi_cmd utility. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the crashing of the dmispd daemon, potentially leading to system instability and denial of service. This security weakness exists due to insufficient input validation, allowing malformed data to be written to the database, causing the daemon to crash. It is recommended that affected systems be updated to a patch that mitigates this vulnerability.

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