CVE-2001-0581 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Spytech Spynet Chat Server by flooding port 6387 with numerous connections, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0581?
CVE-2001-0581 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jul 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Spytech Spynet Chat Server 6.5 allows a remote attacker to create a denial of service (crash) via a large number of connections to port 6387.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0581?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Spytech Spynet Chat.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0581?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0581 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2001-0581 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0581 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jvwf-8fwp-jh46.