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CVE-2001-0309 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (inetd in Red Hat 6.2 does not properly close sockets for int)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0309
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-06-02
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptioninetd 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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