Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2003-0175 is a local denial-of-service issue in SGI IRIX before 6.5.21. A user with local access could trigger a kernel panic through the PIOCSWATCH ioctl, crashing the system. Business urgency depends on whether any IRIX systems remain in production and whether untrusted users can log in locally. Exposure is likely limited to legacy SGI IRIX systems running versions before 6.5.21. Risk is higher on multi-user systems, shared engineering workstations, or environments where non-administrative users have shell or local application access. Treat as targeted legacy-system risk. It is not evidence of an internet-scale emergency, but any still-operational IRIX host with multiple local users could be crashed and should be upgraded, isolated, or retired. Mitigation focus: Inventory any SGI IRIX systems and confirm operating system versions.; Upgrade affected IRIX systems to 6.5.21 or follow the SGI advisory.; Restrict local access to trusted users until remediation is complete..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- irix-piocswatch-ioctl-dos(12241)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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