CVE-2001-1435 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the inetd daemon within Compaq Tru64 UNIX 5.1. An attacker can trigger a core dump in any service managed by inetd during its startup, causing inetd to cease accepting all new network connections. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no authentication, leading to a partial loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has garnered some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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