Red Hat Linux 6.2 inetd denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Red Hat Linux 6.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component inetd. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0309. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Red Hat Linux 6.2 (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing of the component inetd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

inetd in Red Hat 6.2 does not properly close sockets for internal services such as chargen, daytime, echo, etc., which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of connections to the internal services.

The issue has been introduced in 04/03/2000. The weakness was presented 06/02/2001 with Red Hat (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0309. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 425 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11006 (Red Hat 6.2 inetd Internal Service Connections Remote DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc., running in the context r and relying on port 23.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6380), Tenable (11006), SecurityFocus (BID 2395†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2838†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 11006
Nessus Name: Red Hat 6.2 inetd Internal Service Connections Remote DoS
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/03/2000 🔍
01/25/2001 +297 days 🔍
01/30/2001 +5 days 🔍
06/02/2001 +123 days 🔍
06/02/2001 +0 days 🔍
06/08/2002 +371 days 🔍
11/13/2003 +523 days 🔍
07/04/2014 +3886 days 🔍
05/16/2019 +1777 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0309 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0309
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16743
X-Force: 6380
SecurityFocus: 2395 - Red Hat Linux Inetd Daytime Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2838 - DoS in Red Hat 6.2 inetd Caused by Improper Handling of Socket Closing, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2014 12:35
Updated: 05/16/2019 17:06
Changes: 07/04/2014 12:35 (66), 05/16/2019 17:06 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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