What is the severity of CVE-2003-1066?

CVE-2003-1066 has a high severity due to its potential to cause denial of service and arbitrary code execution.

How do I fix CVE-2003-1066?

The vulnerability can be mitigated by applying patches provided by the vendor for affected Solaris systems.

What versions are affected by CVE-2003-1066?

CVE-2003-1066 affects Solaris versions 2.6 through 9 including specific SunOS versions.

What type of attack does CVE-2003-1066 facilitate?

CVE-2003-1066 allows remote attackers to exploit a buffer overflow in the syslog daemon.

What are the consequences of an exploitation of CVE-2003-1066?

An exploitation of CVE-2003-1066 could lead to a syslog daemons crash and unauthorized execution of arbitrary code.

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CVE-2003-1066

medium

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other 119

31/12/2003

8/2/2005

8/8/2024

CVE-2003-1066: Buffer Overflow

First published: Wed Dec 31 2003(Updated: )

Buffer overflow in the syslog daemon for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (syslogd crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long syslog UDP packets.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Sun SunOS	=5.7
Sun SunOS	=5.8
Oracle Solaris SPARC	=9.0
Oracle Solaris SPARC	=7.0
Oracle Solaris SPARC	=9.0
Oracle Solaris SPARC	=2.6
Oracle Solaris SPARC	=8.0
Sun SunOS

Remedy

http://secunia.com/advisories/8944/

Remedy

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7820

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2003-1066?
CVE-2003-1066 has a high severity due to its potential to cause denial of service and arbitrary code execution.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1066?
The vulnerability can be mitigated by applying patches provided by the vendor for affected Solaris systems.
What versions are affected by CVE-2003-1066?
CVE-2003-1066 affects Solaris versions 2.6 through 9 including specific SunOS versions.
What type of attack does CVE-2003-1066 facilitate?
CVE-2003-1066 allows remote attackers to exploit a buffer overflow in the syslog daemon.
What are the consequences of an exploitation of CVE-2003-1066?
An exploitation of CVE-2003-1066 could lead to a syslog daemons crash and unauthorized execution of arbitrary code.

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