CVE-2003-0252

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0252
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-08-18 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the xlog function of mountd in the Linux NFS utils package (nfs-utils) before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain RPC requests to mountd that do not contain newlines.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-193 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linux-nfs Nfs-utils All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#258564 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0010-linux-nfs-utils.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 isec.pl Exploit, Third Party Advisory
NOVELL: Broken Link - 404 Error Pages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Broken Link
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - nfs-utils "xlog()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Neohapsis Archives - VulnWatch - #0024 - [VulnWatch] Reality of the rpc.mountd bug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
'Immunix Secured OS 7+ nfs-utils update -- bugtraq' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
'Linux nfs-utils xlog() off-by-one bug' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Exploit, Mailing List
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-349-1 nfs-utils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Broken Link
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Patch
NFS-Utils Xlog Remote Buffer Overrun Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.turbolinux.com Broken Link
SecurityTracker.com Archives - 'nfs-utils' Buffer Overflow May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Neohapsis Archives - VulnWatch - #0023 - [VulnWatch] Linux nfs-utils xlog() off-by-one bug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
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