>> HP-UX Portable File System "pfs_mountd.rpc" Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Title : HP-UX Portable File System "pfs_mountd.rpc" Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1343 CVE ID : CVE-2007-1993
Rated as : High Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-04-11
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in HP-UX, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in "pfs_mountd.rpc" when processing malformed UDP packets, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash or compromise an affected system.