CVE-2000-0536 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

xinetd 2.1.8.x does not properly restrict connections if hostnames are used for access control and the connecting host does not have a reverse DNS entry.

Published: 2000-10-13

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.87:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.88:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.88_pre1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.88_pre2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.89_pre1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.89_pre2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.89_pre3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.89_pre4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.89_pre5:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0533	xinetd 2.1.8.x does not properly restrict connections if hostnames are used for access control and the connecting host does not have a reverse DNS entry.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00438.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000619
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1381
http://www.synack.net/xinetd/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4986

History

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Subscriptions

Xinetd Xinetd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:31.102Z

Reserved: 2000-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0536

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-06-04T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0536

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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