CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-0470

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in the SNMP proxy agent snmpd in Solaris 8 may allow local users to gain root privileges by calling snmpd with a long program name.

Risk Assessment

Local users could exploit this vulnerability to gain full system privileges, posing a significant security risk.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Solaris 8 to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to the SNMP agent to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in SNMP proxy agent snmpd in Solaris 8 may allow local users to gain root privileges by calling snmpd with a long program name.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS