CVEvulnerability
CVE-2000-0536
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2000-06-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
xinetd 2.1.8.x does not properly restrict connections if hostnames are used for access control and the connecting host does not have a reverse DNS entry.
Affected configurations
• xinetd xinetd 2.1.87
• xinetd xinetd 2.1.88
• xinetd xinetd 2.1.88 pre1
• xinetd xinetd 2.1.88 pre2
• xinetd xinetd 2.1.89 pre1
• xinetd xinetd 2.1.89 pre2
• xinetd xinetd 2.1.89 pre3
• xinetd xinetd 2.1.89 pre4
• xinetd xinetd 2.1.89 pre5
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-394 Unexpected Status Code or Return Value weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000619 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1381 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.synack.net/xinetd/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4986 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000619 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1381 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.synack.net/xinetd/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4986 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com