CVE-2001-0763

Debian Linux vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

17.2%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

Buffer overflow in Linux xinetd 2.1.8.9pre11-1 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ident response, which is not properly handled by the svc_logprint function.

Affected vendor

Debian

Affected product

Debian Linux

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2001-10-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 17.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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