CVE-2003-0859 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service in GNU libc by sending spoofed netlink messages to the kernel.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2003-0859?
CVE-2003-0859 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, published on 18 Nov 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The getifaddrs function in GNU libc (glibc) 2.2.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending spoofed messages as other users to the kernel netlink interface.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0859?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Gnu Glibc, Gnu Zebra, Intel Ia64, Quagga Quagga Routing Software Suite, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0859?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0859 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-2003-0859 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0859 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gnu Glibc
Sources
Also known as GHSA-844m-mj4w-qff2.