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CVE-2003-0251 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (ypserv NIS server before 2.7 allows remote attackers to caus)

ypserv NIS server before 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a TCP client request that does not respond to the server, which causes ypserv to block.

CVE IDCVE-2003-0251
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-07-24
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionypserv NIS server before 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a TCP client request that does not respond to the server, which causes ypserv to block.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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