DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0251

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0251
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0251.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0251
Upstream
Published
2003-07-24T04:00:00Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:03:29.927448Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / nis

Package

Name
nis
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nis?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0251.json"

Debian:12 / nis

Package

Name
nis
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nis?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0251.json"

Debian:13 / nis

Package

Name
nis
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nis?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0251.json"

Debian:14 / nis

Package

Name
nis
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nis?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0251.json"