CVE-2001-0309 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in inetd on Red Hat 6.2 systems. The flaw arises from inetd's failure to properly close sockets for internal services like chargen and echo. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by initiating a series of connections to these services, leading to a denial of service. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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