First published: Tue Jul 15 2003(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
NFS Utils | =0.2 | |
NFS Utils | =0.2.1 | |
NFS Utils | =0.3.1 | |
NFS Utils | =0.3.3 | |
NFS Utils | =1.0 | |
NFS Utils | =1.0.1 | |
NFS Utils | =1.0.3 | |
nfs-utils | <1.0.4 |
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CVE-2003-0252 is considered a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential for denial of service and arbitrary code execution.
To fix CVE-2003-0252, upgrade the NFS utilities package to version 1.0.4 or later.
CVE-2003-0252 affects various versions of the NFS utilities, specifically versions prior to 1.0.4.
CVE-2003-0252 enables remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability in CVE-2003-0252 is caused by an off-by-one error in the xlog function of mountd.