CVE-2001-0779: Sun Solaris

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 62.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in rpc.yppasswdd (yppasswd server) in Solaris 2.6, 7 and 8 allows remote attackers to gain root access via a long username.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: version 2.6 only; version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Sun Sunos: affected versions not specified; version 5.7 only; version 5.8 only

Published 2001-10-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.