CVE-2003-0211 (GCVE-0-2003-0211)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-04-16 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:43
VLAI
Summary
Memory leak in xinetd 2.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of rejected connections.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Date Public
2003-04-10 00:00
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