VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2003-0696

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2004-01-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

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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