CVE-2003-0211 describes a memory leak vulnerability in xinetd versions 2.3.10 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending a large number of rejected connections, leading to excessive memory consumption. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no authentication, resulting in a partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 85/100, indicating a significant potential risk despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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