CVE-2004-1014 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the NFS statd server by prematurely terminating a TCP connection, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-1014?
CVE-2004-1014 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 8 Dec 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
statd in nfs-utils 1.257 and earlier does not ignore the SIGPIPE signal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server process crash) via a TCP connection that is prematurely terminated.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1014?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server, Nfs Nfs-Utils, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1014?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2004-1014 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1014 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1014, DSA-606-1, GHSA-jx7p-442j-f3rh.