Denial of Service Vulnerability in AIX 5.1 and 5.2 getipnodebyname() API

CVE-2003-0696 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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).

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