FKIE_CVE-1999-0048

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 1997-01-27 05:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
Talkd, when given corrupt DNS information, can be used to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/147
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/147
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian netkit 0.07
ibm aix 3.1
ibm aix 4.1
ibm aix 4.2
nec asl_ux_4800 *
nec ews-ux_v *
nec up-ux_v *
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