CVE-2001-1184 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU consumption by sending invalid port numbers to the Winsock RSHD/NT server.
- 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-2001-1184?
CVE-2001-1184 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
wrshdsp.exe in Denicomp Winsock RSHD/NT 2.21.00 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via (1) in 2.20.00 and earlier, an invalid port number such as a negative number, which causes a connection attempt to that port and all ports below 1024, and (2) in 2.21.00, a port number of 1024.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1184?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Denicomp Winsock Rshd Nt.
How do I fix CVE-2001-1184?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1184 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-2001-1184 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-1184 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m44g-7pj4-2chg.