GEN:SID 1:315
Message EXPLOIT x86 Linux mountd overflow
Summary This event is generated when an attempt is made to escalate privileges remotely using a vulnerability in mountd.
Impact System compromize presenting the attacker with escalated system privileges .
Detailed Information Some implementations of the Network File System (NFS) on Linux systems use a vulnerable version of mountd that is subject to a buffer overflow condition in the logging subsystem.

The mountd logging facility also logs failed attempts to mount shared resources, even if NFS is not enabled on the system. This means that exploitation of this issue is possible wether or not NFS is being used.

Affected Systems:
    Caldera OpenLinux Standard 1.2
    RedHat Linux 2.0, 2.1, 3.0.3, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1
Affected Systems  
Attack Scenarios Exploit scripts are available
Ease of Attack Simple. Exploits are available.
Corrective Action Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.
Additional References Bugtraq:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/121

CVE:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2000-0917

CERT:
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1998-12.html
http://www.cert.org/summaries/CS-98-08.html
Rule References bugtraq: 121
cve: 1999-0002