CVE-2003-0252

Critical

Published: 18/08/2003(UTC)Translated: 30/05/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

Off-by-one error in the xlog function of mountd in the nfs-utils package before version 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.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to attacks that lead to denial of service and potential system takeover by malicious code.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the nfs-utils package to version 1.0.4 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

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.