CVE-2002-0729 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 by sending a malformed packet missing a colon separator.

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-2002-0729?

CVE-2002-0729 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Sql Server, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed 0x08 packet that is missing a colon separator.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0729?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Sql Server.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0729?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0729 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-2002-0729 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0729 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-2c6m-mj9w-v79h.

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