CVE-2003-1066 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Solaris syslog daemon or execute arbitrary code by sending long UDP packets.
- 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-2003-1066?
CVE-2003-1066 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 8 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the syslog daemon for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (syslogd crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long syslog UDP packets.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1066?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1066?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1066 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-2003-1066 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1066 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hvw2-482p-wch6.