CVE-2003-0576 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a kernel panic in SGI IRIX via malformed NFS packets, leading to denial of service.
- 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-2003-0576?
CVE-2003-0576 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sgi Irix, published on 15 Aug 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unknown vulnerability in the NFS daemon (nfsd) in SGI IRIX 6.5.19f and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via certain packets that cause XDR decoding errors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0619.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0576?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sgi Irix.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0576?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0576 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-2003-0576 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0576 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sgi Irix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j55c-jm95-hcr6.