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Sun Microsystems Security Bulletin #203 - The ypbind daemon runs on all client and server machines that are set up to use NIS. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in ypbind which may be exploited by a local or a remote attacker to gain root access. Vulnerable systems include SunOS 5.8, 5.8_x86, 5.7, 5.7_x86, 5.6, 5.6_x86, 5.5.1, 5.5.1_x86, 5.5, 5.5_x86, 5.4, and 5.4_x86.

Sun Microsystems Security Bulletin #203 - The ypbind daemon runs on all client and server machines that are set up to use NIS. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in ypbind which may be exploited by a local or a remote attacker to gain root access. Vulnerable systems include SunOS 5.8, 5.8_x86, 5.7, 5.7_x86, 5.6, 5.6_x86, 5.5.1, 5.5.1_x86, 5.5, 5.5_x86, 5.4, and 5.4_x86.