CVE-2001-1322: Xinetd

Low severity, CVSS 3.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

xinetd 2.1.8 and earlier runs with a default umask of 0, which could allow local users to read or modify files that are created by an application that runs under xinetd but does not set its own safe umask.

Affected products

• Xinetd Xinetd: version 2.1.8.8 only; version 2.1.8.8_pre3 only; version 2.1.8.9_pre1 only; version 2.1.8.9_pre2 only; version 2.1.8.9_pre3 only; version 2.1.8.9_pre4 only; …

Published 2001-07-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.