Overview
Attackers are using the presence of the dgld service to identify SGI IRIX systems.
Description
The CERT/CC has received multiple reports of an apparent vulnerability in the Distributed GL Daemon on SGI IRIX systems. Upon further investigation, it is our belief that no vulnerability exists in dgld. However, this activity is still significant in that it allows attackers to identify systems running IRIX, which can subsequently be attacked via vulnerabilities such as the ObjectServer (VU#16642) or df (VU#20851) vulnerabilities. |
Impact
Remote users scanning for a dgld service running port on port 5232 may be able to identify victim sites running IRIX. |
Solution
The CERT/CC does not believe that there is a vulnerability in dgld. However, sites that do not use dgld should disable it on IRIX hosts to avoid exposing information about the nature of such hosts. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
The CERT/CC thanks SGI for their assistance in researching this issue.
This document was written by Jeffrey P Lanza.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2000-0893 |
| Severity Metric: | 0.14 |
| Date Public: | 2000-10-27 |
| Date First Published: | 2000-10-27 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2002-03-05 20:21 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 24 |