Title: DG/UX inetd Service Exhaustion Denial of Service
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
A Denial of service (DoS) attack is possible with the default version of inetd distributed with Data General's DG/UX operating system. By performing a scan utilizing nmap's OS detection option (-O), the inetd daemon is put in a state where it will no longer spawn new services without being restarted.
Affected Products:
- Data General DG/UX 5.4.0R3.10
- Data General DG/UX 5.4.0R4.11MU06
- Data General DG/UX 5.4.0R4.20U04
- Data General DG/UX 5.4.0R4.20U05
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