# CVE-2004-1039: The NFS mountd service on SCO UnixWare 7.1.1, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, and 7.0.1, and possibly other versions, when run from inetd, allows remote attac

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-01-19 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The NFS mountd service on SCO UnixWare 7.1.1, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, and 7.0.1, and possibly other versions, when run from inetd, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a series of requests, which causes inetd to launch a separate process for each request.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/13805
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/386814
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.1/SCOSA-2005.1.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12225

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