CVE-2001-0763

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 17.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-10-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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 products

Debian Linux: through 2.1.8.8.p3-1.1
Suse Linux: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0 (+2)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0064.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000404
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-024-01
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-104.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-063
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1469.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-075.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2840
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6670
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0064.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000404
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-024-01

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