CVE-1999-0048

Description

Talkd, when given corrupt DNS information, can be used to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Affected products

• Debian / netkit0.07 – 0.07
• ibm / aix3.1 – 3.1
• ibm / aix4.1 – 4.1
• ibm / aix4.2 – 4.2
• NEC / asl_ux_4800
• NEC / ews-ux_v
• NEC / up-ux_v

References

• MISChttp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/147