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CVE-2001-1389

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-1389 describes multiple vulnerabilities in xinetd versions 2.3.0 and earlier, and variants up to 2.3.3, primarily involving buffer overflows and improper NULL termination. These flaws allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1.8.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.8.8_pre3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.8_pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.8.9_pre1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.8.9_pre2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.8.9_pre3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0334 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2001-1389

security flaw

Aug 30, 2001

References

download.immunix.org / ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-033-01
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2001-109.html
PatchVendor Advisory
linux-mandrake.com / en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-076.php3
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/3257