When was CVE-2003-0251 disclosed?

CVE-2003-0251 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 24, 2003, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2003-0251 actively exploited?

CVE-2003-0251 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 85.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2003-0251?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2003-0251, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2003-0251

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

ypserv NIS server before 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a TCP client request that does not respond to the server, which causes ypserv to block.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 85.6%
KEV: Not listed

References (22)

cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/21112
cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1016517
cve@mitrehttp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F55600&zone_32=category%3Asecurity
cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:072
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-173.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-201.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440454/100/0/threaded
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8031
cve@mitrehttp://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-43.txt
cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2873
cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A667
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21112
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1016517
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F55600&zone_32=category%3Asecurity
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:072

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