Buffer overflow in eauth in Load Sharing Facility 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x allows local users or…
Priority MEDIUM 50Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Buffer overflow in eauth in Load Sharing Facility 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x allows local users or remote attackers within the LSF cluster to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long LSF_From_PC parameter.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.04741 91st 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 · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0 | Vulnerable | Platform |
| cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2 | Vulnerable | Platform |
| cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0 | Vulnerable | Platform |
| cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.1 | Vulnerable | Platform |
| cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.0 | Vulnerable | Platform |
- cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Platform
- cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 Vulnerable ·Platform
- cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Platform
- cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 Vulnerable ·Platform
- cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Platform
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-0317
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6m8c-5c42-fpgx
References
More Platform Lsf vulnerabilities
- TI-2004-00287 Load Sharing Facility (LSF) 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x uses the LSF_EAUTH_UID environment… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2004-0317 · CVE Program
- CVE-2004-0317 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6m8c-5c42-fpgx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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