CVE-2003-0696

The CVE-2003-0696 entry concerns the getipnodebyname() API in IBM AIX 5.1 and 5.2. The root cause is that sockets are not properly closed, which can lead to a denial of service via resource exhaustion. Affected software: AIX 5.1/5.2; vulnerable component: getipnodebyname() API; impact described a...