CVE-2003-0211
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.0
Description
Memory leak in xinetd 2.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of rejected connections.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Xinetd 2.1.x/2.3.x - Rejected Connection Memory Leakage Denial of Service
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7382/info
A denial of service vulnerability has been reported for Xinetd. The vulnerability exists due to memory leaks occuring when connections are rejected.
Numerous, repeated connections to a vulnerable Xinetd server will result in the consumption of all available memory resources thereby causing a denial of service condition.
while true; do telnet localhost chargen < /dev/null; done; OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:2.3.11 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:2.3.11 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:2.3.11 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:2.3.11 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:2.3.11 |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.