CVE-2002-1232

CVE-2002-1232 describes a memory leak in ypserv’s ypdb_open (yp_db.c) affecting the NIS package prior to version 2.5. Repeated remote requests for non-existent maps can exhaust memory, causing a denial-of-service condition. Multiple vendor advisories document this issue (e.g., Mandrake MDKSA-2002...