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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10544
Category:RPC
Title:format string attack against statd
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote statd service could be brought down with a format string attack -
it now needs to be restarted manually.

This means that an attacker may execute arbitrary code thanks to a bug in
this daemon.

Solution : upgrade to the latest version of rpc.statd
Risk factor : High

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 1480
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2000-0666
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1480
Bugtraq: 20000716 Lots and lots of fun with rpc.statd (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0206.html
Bugtraq: 20000717 CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - nfs-utils (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0230.html
Bugtraq: 20000718 Trustix Security Advisory - nfs-utils (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0236.html
Bugtraq: 20000718 [Security Announce] MDKSA-2000:021 nfs-utils update (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0260.html
Caldera Security Advisory: CSSA-2000-025.0
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-025.0.txt
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-17.html
Debian Security Information: 20000719a (Google Search)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-043.html
XForce ISS Database: linux-rpcstatd-format-overwrite(4939)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4939
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2000-0800
SuSE Security Announcement: 20000810 Security Hole in knfsd, all versions (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_58.html
CopyrightThis script is Copyright (C) 2000 Renaud Deraison

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