## Linux Time Bomb

### Risk Factor: 7

### Machines Affected:

Linux machines running TCP Time sevices

### Description:

The Linux time services (daytime, port 13 and time, port 37) can fail if they are sent too many SYN packets

### Consequences:

When these services fail they will crash inetd. When inetd crashes no other services that are running through it can work (most network services based on TCP/IP)

### Fix:

Turn off the two services in TCP mode or switch to xinetd