CVE-2002-0039 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the rpcbind service on SGI IRIX systems by sending malformed RPC packets with invalid lengths.
- 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-2002-0039?
CVE-2002-0039 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sgi Irix, published on 30 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
rpcbind in SGI IRIX 6.5 through 6.5.15f, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed RPC packets with invalid lengths.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0039?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sgi Irix.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0039?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0039 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-2002-0039 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0039 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sgi Irix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vx8m-g7cr-r8q5.