CVE-2003-0251

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    CVE-2003-0251

    Published: 24 Jul 2003Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/21112, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:072, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-173.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2873, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-173.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016517, http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F55600&zone_32=category%3Asecurity, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-201.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440454/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8031, http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-43.txt, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A667

    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