CVEvulnerability
CVE-2003-0696
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2004-01-20
- 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
The getipnodebyname() API in AIX 5.1 and 5.2 does not properly close sockets, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion).
Affected configurations
• ibm aix 5.1
• ibm aix 5.2
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8738 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13328 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/pseries.subscriptionSvcs?mode=7&heading=AIX51&topic=SECURITY&month=200310&label=getipnodebyname%28%29+API+does+not+close+sockets.&date=20031001&bulletin=datafile150755&embed=true techsupport.services.ibm.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8738 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13328 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/pseries.subscriptionSvcs?mode=7&heading=AIX51&topic=SECURITY&month=200310&label=getipnodebyname%28%29+API+does+not+close+sockets.&date=20031001&bulletin=datafile150755&embed=true techsupport.services.ibm.com