CVE-2002-0460 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Bitvise WinSSHD by exhausting resources with incomplete connections.
- 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-2002-0460?
CVE-2002-0460 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Jun 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Bitvise WinSSHD before 2002-03-16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a large number of incomplete connections that are not properly terminated, which are not properly freed by SSHd.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0460?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bitvise Winsshd.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0460?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0460 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-2002-0460 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0460 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fvxw-xrh7-76cj.