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CVE-1999-0974

Buffer overflow in Solaris snoop allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via GETQUOTA requests to the rpc.rquota

Buffer overflow in Solaris snoop allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via GETQUOTA requests to the rpc.rquotad service.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.0244
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
sun solarisall versions
sun sunosall versions
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

3
et-openGPL RPC RQUOTA getquota overflow attempt UDPmisc-attack
snort-communityPROTOCOL-RPC RQUOTA getquota overflow attempt UDPmisc-attack
snort-communityPROTOCOL-RPC RQUOTA getquota overflow attempt TCPmisc-attack
Open rulesets (ET Open, Snort Community, abuse.ch) link to source. Commercial rulesets are reference-only.
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Scoring & Timeline

10
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD09 Dec 1999 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/190
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/864
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