CVE-2002-0055 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Microsoft Exchange and Windows SMTP services via malformed BDAT 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-2002-0055?
CVE-2002-0055 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, published on 25 Jun 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SMTP service in Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, and Exchange 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a command with a malformed data transfer (BDAT) request.
Weakness: CWE-669
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0055?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0055?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0055 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-2002-0055 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0055 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2021-34523 Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2023-21529 Microsoft Exchange Server Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g6wh-h8p9-v37j.