PT-2003-1417 · Nlnet · Name Service Daemon

Published 2003-08-18 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2003-0176

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Name Service Daemon (nsd) versions 6.5.x through 6.5.20f

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, via a UDP port scan when the Name Service Daemon (nsd) is running on an NIS master.

Recommendations: For versions 6.5.x through 6.5.20f, consider restricting access to the UDP port used by the Name Service Daemon (nsd) to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0176

Affected Products

Name Service Daemon

References · 2

• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030701-01-P · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0176 · Security Note