SGI IRIX up to 6.5.20 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SGI IRIX up to 6.5.20. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2003-0175. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in SGI IRIX up to 6.5.20 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. 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 availability. The summary by CVE is:

SGI IRIX before 6.5.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a certain call to the PIOCSWATCH ioctl.

The weakness was presented 02/03/2004 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0175 since 03/28/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 6.5.21 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12241), SecurityFocus (BID 7868†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1008770†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IRIX 6.5.21

Timelineinfo

03/28/2003 🔍
06/10/2003 +74 days 🔍
01/20/2004 +224 days 🔍
02/03/2004 +14 days 🔍
02/03/2004 +0 days 🔍
09/30/2014 +3892 days 🔍
11/18/2024 +3702 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sgi.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0175 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0175
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21523
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X-Force: 12241 - SGI IRIX PIOCSWATCH ioctl() denial of service
SecurityFocus: 7868 - SGI IRIX PIOCSWATCH Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1008770

Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2014 15:44
Updated: 11/18/2024 11:41
Changes: 09/30/2014 15:44 (54), 06/17/2018 09:50 (6), 11/18/2024 11:41 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:644:103

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