CVE-2004-1014 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

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.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1014, DSA-606-1, GHSA-jx7p-442j-f3rh.

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