CVE-2002-0871

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0871
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-09-05 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionxinetd 2.3.4 leaks file descriptors for the signal pipe to services that are launched by xinetd, which could allow those services to cause a denial of service via the pipe.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xinetd Xinetd 2.3.4 All All All
Application Xinetd Xinetd 2.3.5 All All All
Application Xinetd Xinetd 2.3.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'GLSA: xinetd' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-151-1 xinetd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-053.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Xinetd Open File Descriptor Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ISS X-Force Database: xinetd-signal-leak-dos (9844): xinetd daemon signal pipe leak denial of service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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