CVE-2004-1039

Description

The NFS mountd service on SCO UnixWare 7.1.1, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, and 7.0.1, and possibly other versions, when run from inetd, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a series of requests, which causes inetd to launch a separate process for each request.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.76% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory sco.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/13805	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/386814	mailing list patch vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.1/SCOSA-2005.1.txt	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12225	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-1039?: CVE-2004-1039 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-1039?: To fix CVE-2004-1039, 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-2004-1039 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2004-1039 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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