CVE-2002-0871

xinetd 2.3.4 leaks file descriptors for the signal pipe to services that are launched by xinetd, which could allow those services to cause a denial of service via the pipe.

Published: 2002-09-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0871 is rated Low Risk (18.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0871

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 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.37% +0.31%
2 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.06% -0.97%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0871

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0871

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-0871

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2002-0871 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xinetd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-0871
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0871

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0871

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xinetd xinetd 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0871

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