SGI IRIX XFS application denial service
| irix-xfs-dos (8839) |  Low Risk |
Description:
IRIX XFS file system is vulnerable to a denial of service attack against any program on the system. The XFS file system is the default file system for IRIX 6.5.x. In SGI IRIX versions 6.5 through 6.5.1, if a local attacker could create a malicious file, the attacker would cause any program that attempts to access the file system to hang.
Platforms Affected:
- SGI, IRIX 6.5
- SGI, IRIX 6.5.1
- SGI, IRIX 6.5.10f
- SGI, IRIX 6.5.10m
- SGI, IRIX 6.5.11f
- SGI, IRIX 6.5.11m
- SGI, IRIX 6.5.2
- SGI, IRIX 6.5.3
- SGI, IRIX 6.5.4
- SGI, IRIX 6.5.5
- SGI, IRIX 6.5.6
- SGI, IRIX 6.5.7
- SGI, IRIX 6.5.8
- SGI, IRIX 6.5.9
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of SGI IRIX (6.5.15 or later), as listed in SGI Security Advisory 20020402-01-P. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- SGI Security Advisory 20020402-01-P, IRIX XFS filesystem denial of service attack at ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20020402-01-P.
- BID-4511: IRIX XFS Filesystem Local Denial of Service Attack
- CVE-2002-0042: Vulnerability in the XFS file system for SGI IRIX before 6.5.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) by creating a file that is not properly processed by XFS.
Reported:
Apr 15, 2002
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