National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2003-0251

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2003:173

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-173.html

External Source: TURBO

Name: TLSA-2003-43

Hyperlink:http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-43.txt

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 55600

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F55600&zone_32=category%3Asecurity

External Source: BID

Name: 8031

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8031

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT061154

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/440454/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2003:201

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-201.html

External Source: MANDRAKE

Name: MDKSA-2003:072

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:072

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-2873

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/2873

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1016517

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016517

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21112

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21112

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:667

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:667

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:667