CVE-2002-0741 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in psyBNC by sending a long password and abruptly closing the connection.
- 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-2002-0741?
CVE-2002-0741 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Apr 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
psyBNC 2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and resource exhaustion) by sending a PASS command with a long password argument and quickly killing the connection, which is not properly terminated by psyBNC.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0741?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Psychoid Psybnc.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0741?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0741 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-2002-0741 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-0741 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9h6m-r29q-4858.