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CVE-2001-1435
inetd in Compaq Tru64 UNIX 5.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (network connection loss) by causing one of the services…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.6%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
inetd in Compaq Tru64 UNIX 5.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (network connection loss) by causing one of the services handled by inetd to core dump during startup, which causes inetd to stop accepting connections to all of its services.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- VU#880624 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- tru64-inetd-dos(6157) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20010226 FW: COMPAQ SSRT0708U Security Advisory Tru64 V5.1 (only) inetd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQvendor-advisoryx_refsource_COMPAQx_transferred
Sources
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