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mountd overflow

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Overflows mountd Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The remote mount daemon seems to be vulnerable to a buffer overflow when it receives a request for an oversized share. A possible hacker may use this flaw to gain root access on this host Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 121 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Renaud Deraison

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