CVE-2004-1942

Public Exploit

Description

The Solaris 9 patches 113579-02 through 113579-05, and 114342-02 through 114342-05, prevent ypserv and ypxfrd from properly restricting access to secure NIS maps, which allows local users to use ypcat or ypmatch to extract the contents of a secure map such as passwd.adjunct.byname.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.47%

Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory ciac.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108241638500417&w=2	mailing list
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-144.shtml	patch vendor advisory government resource third party advisory exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10261	patch vendor advisory vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57554-1	patch vendor advisory exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15908	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-1942?: CVE-2004-1942 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-1942?: To fix CVE-2004-1942, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-1942 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-1942 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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