CVE-2003-1441 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Posadis 0.50.4 through 0.50.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a DNS message without a question section, which triggers null dereference.

Published: 2007-10-23

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:posadis:posadis:0.50.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:posadis:posadis:0.50.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:posadis:posadis:0.50.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:posadis:posadis:0.50.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:posadis:posadis:0.50.8:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-1431	Posadis 0.50.4 through 0.50.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a DNS message without a question section, which triggers null dereference.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00674.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/8018
http://www.osvdb.org/3522
http://www.posadis.org/advisories/pos_adv_003.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6799
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11285

History

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Subscriptions

Posadis Posadis

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-23T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:28:03.507Z

Reserved: 2007-10-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-1441

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:04:26.590

Link: CVE-2003-1441

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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