Sun Solaris 2.4/2.5/2.5.1 Statd memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 2.4/2.5/2.5.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Statd. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-1999-0018. Furthermore, an exploit is available. This vulnerability is considered historic because of its background and reception. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun Solaris 2.4/2.5/2.5.1 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Statd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 12/05/1997 by SGI as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/17/2026). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C and been published 8 years after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10235 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 66010 (statd RPC Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (696), Exploit-DB (19104), Tenable (10235), SecurityFocus (BID 127†) and OSVDB (12240†). Similar entries are available at VDB-1019, VDB-13732 and VDB-14686. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Sun Solaris 2.4/2.5/2.5.1
  • SGI IRIX 5.0/5.0.1/5.1/5.2/5.3
  • SCO Unixware 7.0/7.0.1/7.1/7.1.1
  • IBM AIX 3.2/4.1

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Nessus ID: 10235
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/24/1997 🔍
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12/05/1997 +11 days 🔍
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10/22/2002 +1782 days 🔍
12/07/2004 +777 days 🔍
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04/17/2026 +4321 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: debian.org
Researcher: SGI
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0018 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0018
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14035
X-Force: 696
SecurityFocus: 127 - Multiple Vendor Statd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 13384 - nfs-utils "SIGPIPE" TCP Connection Termination Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 12240 - nfs-utils rpc.statd SIGPIPE TCP Connection DoS
Vulnerability Center: 191 - Buffer Overflow in statd, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2014 17:38
Updated: 04/17/2026 04:20
Changes: 06/18/2014 17:38 (75), 05/05/2019 13:06 (6), 11/19/2024 00:18 (18), 10/29/2025 03:20 (2), 04/17/2026 04:20 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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