CVE-2000-1193 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in IRIX 6.x PMCD by sending an extremely long string to the PMCD port.
- 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-2000-1193?
CVE-2000-1193 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sgi Irix, published on 25 Jun 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-1193?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sgi Irix.
How do I fix CVE-2000-1193?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-1193 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2000-1193 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-1193 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Sgi Irix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7vqx-v439-rx3w.