SGI IRIX NFS Exportfs Wildcard Entry Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

BID:8921

Info

SGI IRIX NFS Exportfs Wildcard Entry Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8921
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0683
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 28 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 11:56PM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced by SGI.
Vulnerable: SGI IRIX 6.5.21 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.21 f
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SGI IRIX NFS Exportfs Wildcard Entry Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been discovered on Irix systems when specific wild card entries are present within exportfs configration files. When these entries are in place, it is said that the NFS server may fail to carry out some access validation checks, potentially allowing unauthorized access.

Exploit / POC

SGI IRIX NFS Exportfs Wildcard Entry Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

SGI IRIX NFS Exportfs Wildcard Entry Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Solution:
SGI has released patches to address this issue.


SGI IRIX 6.5.21 f

SGI IRIX 6.5.21 m

References

SGI IRIX NFS Exportfs Wildcard Entry Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

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