Explain CVE-2003-0252
Off-by-one error in the xlog function of mountd in the Linux NFS utils package (nfs-utils) before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain RPC requests to mountd that do not contain newlines.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '1001262', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUNALERT'], 'url': 'http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001262.1-1'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2003:206', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-206.html'}, {'name': '8179', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8179'}, {'name': '20030716 Immunix Secured OS 7+ nfs-utils update -- bugtraq', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105839032403325&w=2'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0010-linux-nfs-utils.txt'}, {'name': 'TLSA-2003-44', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_TURBO'], 'url': 'http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-44.txt'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2003:207', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-207.html'}, {'name': '20030714 Linux nfs-utils xlog() off-by-one bug', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105820223707191&w=2'}, {'name': '1007187', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://securitytracker.com/id?1007187'}, {'name': '20030714 Reality of the rpc.mountd bug', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_VULNWATCH'], 'url': 'http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0024.html'}, {'name': 'MDKSA-2003:076', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRAKE'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:076'}, {'name': '20030714 Linux nfs-utils xlog() off-by-one bug', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_VULNWATCH'], 'url': 'http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0023.html'}, {'name': '20030715 [slackware-security]  nfs-utils packages replaced (SSA:2003-195-01b)', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105830921519513&w=2'}, {'name': '9259', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/9259'}, {'name': 'nfs-utils-offbyone-bo(12600)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12600'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:443', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A443'}, {'name': 'VU#258564', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT-VN'], 'url': 'http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/258564'}, {'name': 'SuSE-SA:2003:031', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_031_nfs_utils.html'}, {'name': 'DSA-349', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-349'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED