CVE-2003-0252

high-risk
Published 2003-08-18

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.

Do I need to act?

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16.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 84% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux-Nfs

References (38)

Broken Link http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0023.html
Broken Link http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0024.html
Exploit http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0010-linux-nfs-utils.txt
Exploit http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105820223707191&w=2
Mailing List http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105830921519513&w=2
Mailing List http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105839032403325&w=2
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/9259
Broken Link http://securitytracker.com/id?1007187
Broken Link http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001262.1-1
Broken Link http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-349
Third Party Advisory http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/258564
Third Party Advisory http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:076
Broken Link http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_031_nfs_utils.html
Broken Link http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-206.html
Broken Link http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-207.html
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8179
Broken Link http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-44.txt
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12600
Broken Link https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3...
Broken Link http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0023.html
and 18 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 13/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal