CVE-2004-1889 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in SGI IRIX FTP daemon via specific link failures with Microsoft Windows clients.
- 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-2004-1889?
CVE-2004-1889 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sgi Irix, published on 10 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unknown vulnerability in ftpd in SGI IRIX 6.5.20 through 6.5.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a link failure with Microsoft Windows.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1889?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sgi Irix.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1889?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1889 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-2004-1889 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1889 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sgi Irix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v4rr-pqxv-98x3.