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CVE-2001-0309

inetd in Red Hat 6.2 does not properly close sockets for internal services such as chargen,...

5.0 Medium

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.

Exploit likelihood

1.44%Up 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

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.

Record
CVE-2001-0309
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2001-0309
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2001-0309 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2001-0309
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8x55-jj29-5rqp No score

inetd in Red Hat 6.2 does not properly close sockets for internal services such as chargen,...

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.

Record
GHSA-8x55-jj29-5rqp
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2001-0309 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Redhat Linux, published May 7, 2001. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.44%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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