CVE-2003-0028

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    CVE-2003-0028

    Published: 25 Mar 2003Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in the xdrmem_getbytes() function, and possibly other functions, of XDR (external data representation) libraries derived from SunRPC, including libnsl, libc, glibc, and dietlibc, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain integer values in length fields, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-0391.

    References: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-008.txt.asc, http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-10.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-266, http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-272, http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-282, http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20030318.html, http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-3024.html, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:037, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_027_glibc.html, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20150122-0002/, http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20030318.html, http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-10.html, http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0140.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104810574423662&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104811415301340&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104860855114117&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104878237121402&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105362148313082&w=2, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/516825, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-051.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-052.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-089.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-091.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/315638/30/25430/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316931/30/25250/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316960/30/25250/threaded, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A230

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High