CVE-2003-0211

Xinetd - Denial of Service

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2003-0211. PoCs published by Steve Grubb.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial of service vulnerability in Xinetd by repeatedly initiating connections to the 'chargen' service, causing memory leaks and eventual resource exhaustion.

Description

Memory leak in xinetd 2.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of rejected connections.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Steve Grubb · bashdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22508

This exploit demonstrates a denial of service vulnerability in Xinetd by repeatedly initiating connections to the 'chargen' service, causing memory leaks and eventual resource exhaustion.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Xinetd (versions affected by CVE-2003-0211)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable Xinetd service · Network connectivity to the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_conectiva
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000782
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-160.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A657
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105068673220605&w=2
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandrake
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:056

Scores

EPSS 0.0894
EPSS Percentile 94.6%

Details

Status published
Products (11)
xinetd/xinetd 2.3.0
xinetd/xinetd 2.3.1
xinetd/xinetd 2.3.2
xinetd/xinetd 2.3.3
xinetd/xinetd 2.3.4
xinetd/xinetd 2.3.5
xinetd/xinetd 2.3.6
xinetd/xinetd 2.3.7
xinetd/xinetd 2.3.8
xinetd/xinetd 2.3.9
... and 1 more
Published May 05, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026