TI-2003-00315 Aliases CVE-2003-0335 GHSA-h89c-476v-mx5m

rc.M in Slackware 9.0 calls quotacheck with the -M option, which causes the filesystem to…

LOW 35Published 2003-05-23 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

rc.M in Slackware 9.0 calls quotacheck with the -M option, which causes the filesystem to be remounted and possibly reset security-relevant mount flags such as nosuid, nodev, and noexec.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01144 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0:::::::*	9.0	Vulnerable	Slackware

cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Slackware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2003-0335
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h89c-476v-mx5m

References

Other 1

20030522 [slackware-security] quotacheck security fix in rc.M (SSA:2003-141-06)

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TI-2013-04258 The RFC 5011 implementation in rdata.c in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.5-P2… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2000-00834 Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-1999-00189 Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2004-00808 Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2003-00869 Heap-based buffer overflow in rsync before 2.5.7, when running in server mode, allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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