CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1079

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in ncplogin and ncpmap in ncpfs 2.2.4 (and possibly other versions) allows local users to gain privileges via a long -T option.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves privilege escalation by a local user, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Update ncpfs to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability and restrict access to these programs to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in (1) ncplogin and (2) ncpmap in nwclient.c for ncpfs 2.2.4, and possibly other versions, may allow local users to gain privileges via a long -T option.

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