PT-1997-1124 · Sun Microsystems+1 · Sunos+1

Published 1997-02-05 · Updated 2008-09-09 · CVE-1999-0298

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 ypbind versions (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local and remote attackers to overwrite files via a .. (dot dot) attack when the -ypset and -ypsetme options are activated in Linux Slackware and SunOS.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0298

Affected Products

Slackware Linux

Sunos

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0298 · Security Note
• http://nai.com/nai_labs/asp_set/advisory/06_ypbindsetme_adv.asp · Note