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CVE-2001-0309

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-06-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• RedHat Linux: 6.2

References

• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-006.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6380
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-006.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6380

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