CVE-2003-0575 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2003-0575

Heap-based buffer overflow in the name services daemon (nsd) in...

Vulnerability Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the name services daemon (nsd) in SGI IRIX 6.5.x through 6.5.21f, and possibly earlier versions, allows attackers to gain root privileges via the AUTH_UNIX gid list.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

irix
Vulnerable Versions:
6.5, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 6.5.7, 6.5.8, 6.5.9, 6.5.10, 6.5.11, 6.5.12, 6.5.13, 6.5.14, 6.5.15, 6.5.16, 6.5.17, 6.5.17f, 6.5.17m, 6.5.18, 6.5.18f, 6.5.18m, 6.5.19, 6.5.19f, 6.5.19m, 6.5.20, 6.5.20f, 6.5.20m, 6.5.21, 6.5.21f, 6.5.21m

Timeline

Official Publish: August 1st, 2003
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.