CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-0862

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2012-06-04 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-06-04
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

builtins.c in Xinetd before 2.3.15 does not check the service type when the tcpmux-server service is enabled, which exposes all enabled services and allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a request to tcpmux port 1.

Affected configurations

• xinetd xinetd (<= 2.3.14) • xinetd xinetd 2.3.5 • xinetd xinetd 2.3.6 • xinetd xinetd 2.3.7 • xinetd xinetd 2.3.8 • xinetd xinetd 2.3.9 • xinetd xinetd 2.3.10 • xinetd xinetd 2.3.11 • xinetd xinetd 2.3.12 • xinetd xinetd 2.3.13

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References