BSDI 4.0 tcpmux / inetd - Crash

Author: Mark Schaefer
type: dos
platform: aix
port: 0
date_added: 1998-04-07
date_updated: 2014-01-02
verified: 1
codes: OSVDB-82889
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66/info

A vulnerability exists in inetd which allows a remote user to crash inetd if the tcpmux service is not commented
out of /etc/inetd.conf. The tcpmux service is defined in RFC1078

$ nmap -p 1-64000 -i <target host>

It is also claimed inetd will die if the Windows 95/NT
program postscan.exe, made by 7thsphere, is run againts
the host.