CVE-2003-0251: ypserv NIS server before 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a TCP client request that does not respond to the server, which causes…

PriorityP417medium5CVSS 2.0

AVNACLAuNCNINAP

EPSS

2.69%

84.2th percentile

ypserv NIS server before 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a TCP client request that does not respond to the server, which causes ypserv to block.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	nis	< nis 3.11 (bookworm)	nis 3.11 (bookworm)
nis	ypserv_nis_server	<= 2.7	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv5.0MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM

vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM

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