CVE-2003-0696 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The getipnodebyname() API in AIX 5.1 and 5.2 does not proper)
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).
| CVE ID | CVE-2003-0696 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2004-01-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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). |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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