CVE-2001-0763: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 17.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in Linux xinetd 2.1.8.9pre11-1 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ident response, which is not properly handled by the svc_logprint function.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: up to and including 2.1.8.8.p3-1.1
• Suse Suse Linux: version 6.0 only; version 6.1 only; version 6.2 only; version 6.3 only; version 6.4 only; version 7.0 only; …

Published 2001-10-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.