Vulnerability CVE-2003-0251
Published: 2003-07-24   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
NIS -> Ypserv nis server 

 References:
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016517
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F55600&zone_32=category%3Asecurity
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:072
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-173.html
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
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2873
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A667
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