CVEvulnerability
CVE-2001-0825
10.0 HIGH
Official page ↗
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2001-12-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• xinetd xinetd (<= 2.3.1)
• xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.8
• xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.9
• xinetd xinetd 2.3.0
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-130 Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency weakness
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000406 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-029-01 download.immunix.org
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-092.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2971 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6804 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000406 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-029-01 download.immunix.org
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-092.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2971 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6804 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com