| Name | CVE-2003-0251 |
| Description | ypserv NIS server before 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a TCP client request that does not respond to the server, which causes ypserv to block. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nis (PTS) | buster | 3.17.1-3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.4 | fixed |
| sid, bookworm | 4.5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| nis | source | (unstable) | 3.11 | | | |
Notes
actually, we need ypserv 2.7, nis 3.11 has ypserv 2.13