CVE-2012-0862
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—
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.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Base score: 4.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.78%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 86
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-20
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081428.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081446.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1302.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:155
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/09/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/10/2
- http://www.osvdb.org/81774
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53720
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027050
- http://www.xinetd.org/#changes
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=583311
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=790940
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75965
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081428.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081446.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1302.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:155
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/09/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/10/2
- http://www.osvdb.org/81774
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53720
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027050
- http://www.xinetd.org/#changes
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=583311
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=790940
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75965
Raw JSON (NVD)
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