9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2003-0252
Linux NFS-utils Off-by-One Error Remote Denial of Service and Code Execution
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 18, 2003, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2003-0252 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux-nfs nfs-utils
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2003-0252.

URL Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0023.html Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0024.html Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0010-linux-nfs-utils.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105820223707191&w=2 Exploit Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105830921519513&w=2 Mailing List Patch
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105839032403325&w=2 Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/9259 Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007187 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001262.1-1 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-349 Broken Link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/258564 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:076 Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_031_nfs_utils.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-206.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-207.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8179 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-44.txt Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12600 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A443 Broken Link
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0023.html Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0024.html Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0010-linux-nfs-utils.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105820223707191&w=2 Exploit Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105830921519513&w=2 Mailing List Patch
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105839032403325&w=2 Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/9259 Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007187 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001262.1-1 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-349 Broken Link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/258564 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:076 Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_031_nfs_utils.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-206.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-207.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8179 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-44.txt Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12600 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A443 Broken Link

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2003-0252 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2003-0252 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0023.html
    Added Reference http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0024.html
    Added Reference http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0010-linux-nfs-utils.txt
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105820223707191&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105830921519513&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105839032403325&w=2
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/9259
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1007187
    Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001262.1-1
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-349
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/258564
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:076
    Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_031_nfs_utils.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-206.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-207.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8179
    Added Reference http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-44.txt
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12600
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A443
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0023.html Vendor Advisory http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0023.html Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0024.html Vendor Advisory http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0024.html Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0010-linux-nfs-utils.txt No Types Assigned http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0010-linux-nfs-utils.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105820223707191&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105820223707191&w=2 Exploit, Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105830921519513&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105830921519513&w=2 Mailing List, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105839032403325&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105839032403325&w=2 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/9259 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/9259 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1007187 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1007187 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001262.1-1 No Types Assigned http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001262.1-1 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-349 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-349 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/258564 US Government Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/258564 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:076 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:076 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_031_nfs_utils.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_031_nfs_utils.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-206.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-206.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-207.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-207.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8179 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8179 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-44.txt No Types Assigned http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-44.txt Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12600 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12600 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A443 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A443 Broken Link
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-193
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.0.4
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:443 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A443 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/12600 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12600 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105839032403325&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105830921519513&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105820223707191&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105839032403325&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105830921519513&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105820223707191&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 01, 2004

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2003-0252 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2003-0252 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

21.76 }} -8.12%

score

0.95253

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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