rpc.walld denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in rpc.walld. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0181. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in rpc.walld (unknown version). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The wall daemon can be used for denial of service, social engineering attacks, or to execute remote commands.

The weakness was shared 01/01/1994 (Website). The advisory is shared at ciac.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0181. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10240 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1732. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 583.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (150), Tenable (10240), OSVDB (11522†), Secunia (SA7825†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-225†). The entry VDB-20075 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 10240
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 1732
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-RPC portmap rwalld request UDP
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ciac.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0181 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0181
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13669
X-Force: 150
Secunia: 7825 - Solaris spoofing vulnerability in wall, Not Critical
OSVDB: 11522 - Multiple Unix rpc.walld Message Spoofing
Vulnerability Center: 225 - RPC walld Service is Running, Info

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 12:57
Updated: 04/16/2026 05:15
Changes: 06/17/2014 12:57 (66), 05/05/2019 16:34 (1), 04/03/2025 06:34 (18), 04/16/2026 05:15 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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