CVE-2002-0650 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via bandwidth consumption by triggering an infinite packet loop between SQL Server instances using spoofed UDP packets.
- 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-2002-0650?
CVE-2002-0650 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Sql Server, published on 2 Apr 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The keep-alive mechanism for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth consumption) via a "ping" style packet to the Resolution Service (UDP port 1434) with a spoofed IP address of another SQL Server system, which causes the two servers to exchange packets in an infinite loop.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0650?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Sql Server.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0650?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0650 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-2002-0650 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0650 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Sql Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gcrv-9fp9-jhxr.