CVE-2004-0154 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash the NFS mount daemon by exploiting a mismatch between forward and reverse DNS lookups during a mount request.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-0154?
CVE-2004-0154 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 May 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
rpc.mountd in nfs-utils after 1.0.3 and before 1.0.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an NFS mount of a directory from a client whose reverse DNS lookup name is different from the forward lookup name.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0154?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (4)
nfs-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.0.6-7.EL |
nfs-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.6-7.EL |
nfs-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.0.6-7.EL |
nfs-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.6-7.EL |
Products include Nfs Nfs-Utils.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0154?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2004-0154 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0154 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0154, GHSA-94fh-jw32-7fj9, RHSA-2004:072.