Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 18, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0252
CVE-2003-0252
Description
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.
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2Patches
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References
19- marc.infonvdMailing ListPatch
- isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0010-linux-nfs-utils.txtnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdExploitMailing List
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0023.htmlnvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0024.htmlnvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/258564nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/8179nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12600nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- marc.infonvdMailing List
- secunia.com/advisories/9259nvdBroken Link
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdBroken Link
- www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-349nvdBroken Link
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_031_nfs_utils.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-206.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-207.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-44.txtnvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A443nvdBroken Link
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