CVE-2003-0252

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0252
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-08-18 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2024-02-02 02:56:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-193

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linux-nfs Nfs-utils All All All All
Application Nfs Nfs-utils 0.2 All All All
Application Nfs Nfs-utils 0.2.1 All All All
Application Nfs Nfs-utils 0.3.1 All All All
Application Nfs Nfs-utils 0.3.3 All All All
Application Nfs Nfs-utils 1.0 All All All
Application Nfs Nfs-utils 1.0.1 All All All
Application Nfs Nfs-utils 1.0.3 All All All
Application Nfs Nfs-utils 0.2 All All All
Application Nfs Nfs-utils 0.2.1 All All All
Application Nfs Nfs-utils 0.3.1 All All All
Application Nfs Nfs-utils 0.3.3 All All All
Application Nfs Nfs-utils 1.0 All All All
Application Nfs Nfs-utils 1.0.1 All All All
Application Nfs Nfs-utils 1.0.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Neohapsis Archives - VulnWatch - #0024 - [VulnWatch] Reality of the rpc.mountd bug VULNWATCH archives.neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
NFS-Utils Xlog Remote Buffer Overrun Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
404 Not Found TURBO www.turbolinux.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#258564 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
'Linux nfs-utils xlog() off-by-one bug' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
20030715 [slackware-security] nfs-utils packages replaced (SSA:2003-195-01b) BUGTRAQ marc.info
1001262 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-349-1 nfs-utils DEBIAN www.debian.org
Advisories - Mandriva MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0010-linux-nfs-utils.txt MISC isec.pl
Neohapsis Archives - VulnWatch - #0023 - [VulnWatch] Linux nfs-utils xlog() off-by-one bug VULNWATCH archives.neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory
'Immunix Secured OS 7+ nfs-utils update -- bugtraq' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
SecurityTracker.com Archives - 'nfs-utils' Buffer Overflow May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - nfs-utils "xlog()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com
NOVELL: Broken Link - 404 Error Pages SUSE www.novell.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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