Vulnerability in Ibm Aix

CVE-2003-0696

The getipnodebyname() API in AIX 5.1 and 5.2 does not properly close sockets, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion).

EPSS: 0.013 (67.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Ibm Aix — versions 5.1, 5.2
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)