Buffer overflow in NFS mountd gives root access to remote attackers, mostly in Linux systems.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-006.shtml | third party advisory government resource |
| ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19981006-01-I | vendor advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/121 | exploit vdb entry patch vendor advisory |