CVE-2001-1057 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can exhaust resources in the Mathematica License Manager by maintaining open connections, preventing legitimate license requests.
- 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-2001-1057?
CVE-2001-1057 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Feb 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The License Manager (mathlm) for Mathematica 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by connecting to port 16286 and not disconnecting, which prevents users from making license requests.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1057?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wolfram Research Mathematica.
How do I fix CVE-2001-1057?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1057 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-2001-1057 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1057 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2c82-pcxm-wpqf.