CVE-1999-1131 Memory corruption in n/a
A buffer overflow in the IRIX DCE security daemon allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via long input strings.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1131?
CVE-1999-1131 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Sgi Irix, published on 9 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in OSF Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) security demon (secd) in IRIX 6.4 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a long principal, group, or organization.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1131?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sgi Irix.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1131?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1131 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-1999-1131 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1131 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sgi Irix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vmm5-jgw2-qm8m.