CVE-2001-0825

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in internal string handling routines of xinetd before 2.1.8.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a length argument of zero or less, which disables the length check.

Affected products

Xinetd: through 2.3.1; 2.1.8.8, 2.1.8.9, 2.3.0

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000406
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-029-01
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-092.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2971
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6804
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000406
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-029-01
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-092.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2971
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6804

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