CVE-2001-0896 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Inetd on SCO OpenServer 5.0.5. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the service by performing a port scan, such as with nmap -PO. This vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.0, indicating it is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.