CVE-2003-0212

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2003-0212

    CVE-2003-0212

    Published: 12 May 2003Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: handleAccept in rinetd before 0.62 does not properly resize the connection list when it becomes full and sets an array index incorrectly, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of connections.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-289, http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-289, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105059298502830&w=2

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High