CVE-2001-0612 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash McAfee Remote Desktop by sending excessive packets to port 5045, 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-2001-0612?
CVE-2001-0612 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
McAfee Remote Desktop 3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of packets to port 5045.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0612?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Remote Desktop 32.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0612?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0612 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-2001-0612 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0612 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m2pv-5rf7-cmwq.