Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0825 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Xinetd 2.1.8.8/2.1.8.9/2.3.0

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
xinetd
critical

Summary

Buffer overflow in internal string handling routines of xinetd before 2.1.8.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a length argument of zero or less, which disables the length check.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Xinetd
4

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2001:092