CVE-2002-0871: Xinetd

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Xinetd Xinetd: version 2.3.4 only; version 2.3.5 only; version 2.3.6 only

Published 2002-09-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.