CVE-2003-0252

Public Exploit

Description

Off-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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 21.76% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory turbolinux.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory neohapsis.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001262.1-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-206.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8179 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105839032403325&w=2 mailing list
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0010-linux-nfs-utils.txt third party advisory exploit
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-44.txt vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-207.html vendor advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105820223707191&w=2 mailing list exploit
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007187 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0024.html mailing list broken link vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:076 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0023.html mailing list broken link vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105830921519513&w=2 mailing list patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/9259 third party advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12600 vdb entry third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A443 vdb entry signature broken link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/258564 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_031_nfs_utils.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-349 vendor advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2003-0252?
CVE-2003-0252 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2003-0252?
To fix CVE-2003-0252, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2003-0252 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2003-0252 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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