CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-1232

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2002-11-04 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-11-04
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

Memory leak in ypdb_open in yp_db.c for ypserv before 2.5 in the NIS package 3.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests for a map that does not exist.

Affected configurations

• debian debian linux 2.2 • debian debian linux 3.0 • hp secure os 1.0 • redhat linux 6.2 • redhat linux 7.0 • redhat linux 7.1 • redhat linux 7.2 • redhat linux 7.3

References