CVE-2001-0888 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Atmel Wireless Access Points by sending specific SNMP requests with invalid community strings or unknown OIDs.
- 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-2001-0888?
CVE-2001-0888 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jun 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Atmel Firmware 1.3 Wireless Access Point (WAP) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a SNMP request with (1) a community string other than "public" or (2) an unknown OID, which causes the WAP to deny subsequent SNMP requests.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0888?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Atmel Firmware, Linksys Wap11, Netgear Me102.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0888?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0888 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-2001-0888 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0888 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xjqf-jgv7-4gqx.