CVE-2001-1389

Multiple vulnerabilities in xinetd 2.3.0 and earlier, and additional variants until 2.3.3, may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code, primarily via buffer overflows or improper NULL termination.

Published: 2001-08-29 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1389 is rated Moderate Risk (59/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.44%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1389

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 2.73% 2.44% -0.30%
2 2025-03-29 2.44% 2.73% +0.30%
3 2025-03-17 — 2.44% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1389

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-1389

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-1389

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-1389

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1389

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.8_pre3 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.8_pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.9_pre1 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.9_pre2 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.9_pre3 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.9_pre5 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.9_pre7 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.9_pre8 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.9_pre9 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.9_pre10 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.9_pre11 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.9_pre12 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.9_pre13 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.9_pre14 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.8.9_pre15 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.8.9_pre15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1389

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