12866 : SCO UnixWare mountd Multiple Process Creation DoS
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10 months ago

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Disclosure
Jan 11, 2005

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Jan 11, 2005

Solution
Unknown

Description

 SCO UnixWare contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when mountd is run by inetd which may allow an attacker to create multiple mountd processes by issuing multiple NFS related mount requests, consuming memory resources which may result in loss of availability for the system.

Classification

 Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, SCO has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products
SCO Group, Inc.
Watch-list
UnixWare
Watch-list
 7.1.1
7.1.3
7.0.1
7.1.4

References

Credit
  • Yun Jonglim - abcBrand New Doo Doonilesoft.co.kr - NileSOFT LTD.

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