VDB-14272 · CVE-1999-0463 · 19981201-01-PX

SGI IRIX 6.4 denial of service

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5.1	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in SGI IRIX 6.4 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Remote attackers can perform a denial of service using IRIX fcagent.

The issue has been introduced in 11/01/1996. The weakness was disclosed 12/01/1998 as 19981201-01-PX as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at patches.sgi.com. The CPE assignment of the CVE entry is entirely wrong. This vulnerability was named CVE-1999-0463. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 760 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Applying the patch 19981201-01-PX is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at patches.sgi.com. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (1443). The entries VDB-23843, VDB-24479, VDB-24480 and VDB-26357 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

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Operating System

Vendor

Name

IRIX

Version

License

commercial

Support

end of life

CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Patch: 19981201-01-PX

Timelineinfo

11/01/1996 🔍
12/01/1998 +760 days 🔍
12/01/1998 +0 days 🔍
12/01/1998 +0 days 🔍
12/10/1998 +9 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +1482 days 🔍
06/19/2014 +4188 days 🔍
05/07/2019 +1783 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sgi.com

Advisory: 19981201-01-PX⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0463 (🔍)
X-Force: 1443
Vulnerability Center: 608 - Denial of Service Using IRIX Fcagent, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2014 22:49
Updated: 05/07/2019 21:23
Changes: 06/19/2014 22:49 (47), 05/07/2019 21:23 (16)
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