Vulnerability: Access Restriction Bypass in Xinetd

CVE-2012-0862 · MEDIUM Severity

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

builtins.c in Xinetd before 2.3.15 does not check the service type when the tcpmux-server service is enabled, which exposes all enabled services and allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a request to tcpmux port 1.

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