- - --------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200307-07 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : nfs-utils SUMMARY : off by one bug DATE : 2003-07-19 15:13 UTC EXPLOIT : remote VERSIONS AFFECTED :=nfs-utils-1.0.4 CVE : CAN-2003-0252 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- quote from advisory: "Local or remote attacker which is capable to send RPC request to vulnerable mountd daemon could execute artitrary code or cause denial of service." read the full advisory at: https://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105820223707191&w=2 SOLUTION It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running net-fs/nfs-utils upgrade to nfs-utils-1.0.5 as follows emerge sync emerge nfs-utils emerge clean - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------