Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0309 - Unspecified vulnerability in Redhat Linux 6.2

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
redhat
nessus

Summary

inetd in Red Hat 6.2 does not properly close sockets for internal services such as chargen, daytime, echo, etc., which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of connections to the internal services.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Redhat
1

Nessus

NASL familyMisc.
NASL idRH_INETD.NASL
descriptionThe remote host has a bug in its
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id11006
published2002-06-08
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2002-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/11006
titleRed Hat 6.2 inetd Internal Service Connections Remote DoS

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2001:006