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nfs-server: buffer overflow

Package(s):nfs-server CVE #(s):CVE-2006-0043
Created:January 26, 2006 Updated:February 15, 2006
Description: The obsoleted nfs-server package has a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in the rpc.mountd service's realpath() function. Remote attackers can launch a specially crafted mount request, this leads to a buffer overflow and allows the execution of code with root privileges.
Alerts:
Debian DSA-975-1 2006-02-15
SuSE SUSE-SA:2006:005 2006-01-26
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