CVE-2001-0309
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 1.4% (73th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2001-0309)
- Published
- June 2, 2001
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2001-0309 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / linux
Certified products that may be affected
10 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux on 32 bit x86 Architecture, Version 6.2 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0924-2014 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 dm-crypt Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1933 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1901 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Openswan Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1859 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.2 with KVM Virtualization for x86 Architectures - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0754-2012 - archived
See all 10 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-006.html(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6380
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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