First published: Fri Aug 31 2001(Updated: )
Performance Metrics Collector Daemon (PMCD) in Performance Copilot in IRIX 6.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via an extremely long string to the PMCD port.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
SGI IRIX | =6.4 | |
SGI IRIX | =6.3 | |
SGI IRIX | =6.5 |
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CVE-2000-1193 is considered to have a high severity due to its potential for causing denial of service through resource exhaustion.
To fix CVE-2000-1193, it is recommended to apply any available patches from SGI or to disable the PMCD service if it is not in use.
CVE-2000-1193 affects SGI IRIX versions 6.3, 6.4, and 6.5.
CVE-2000-1193 involves a denial of service attack that is executed by sending an extremely long string to the PMCD port.
Yes, CVE-2000-1193 can be exploited remotely by an attacker who targets the Performance Metrics Collector Daemon.