MEDIUM
security flaw
Published May 7, 2001
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.44%
Description
inetd in Red Hat 6.2 does not properly close sockets for internal services such as chargen, daytime, echo, etc., which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of connections to the internal services.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.44% 0.01436
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01436
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.44% (0.01436) | 72.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.44% (0.01436) | 69.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.79% (0.00786) | 72.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00276) | 69.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00276) | 67.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00276) | 63.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 50.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0309 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616579 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6380 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0309
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0309
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-006.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0309 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616579 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6380 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0309 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0309 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 7, 2001
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Apr 4, 2001
Link CVE-2001-0309
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a