PT-1992-1001 · Sun · Sunos

Published 1992-06-04 · Updated 2022-08-17 · CVE-1999-0168

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions No specific software or versions are mentioned.

Description The portmapper can act as a proxy and redirect service requests from an attacker, making the request appear to come from the local host. This could potentially bypass authentication that would otherwise have taken place, allowing unauthorized access to restricted resources. For instance, NFS file systems could be mounted through the portmapper despite export restrictions.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0168

Affected Products

Sunos

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0168 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0168 · Note