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DG/UX
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SecurityFocus
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Denial of Service
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CWE
Product Name: DG/UX
Affected Version From: Default version of inetd distributed with DG/UX
Affected Version To: Default version of inetd distributed with DG/UX
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
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2002

Denial of Service Attack on DG/UX inetd

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.

Mitigation:

Restarting the inetd daemon will resolve the issue.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1071/info

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.

nmap -O -p 21 <target>
or
nmap -v -O -sS -p1-1023 <target>