Off-by-one error in the xlog function of mountd in the Linux NFS utils package (nfs-utils) before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain RPC requests to mountd that do not contain newlines.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12600
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:076
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/258564