CVE-2002-0781 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Novell BorderManager RTSP proxy by sending specific GET requests and carriage returns.

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-2002-0781?

CVE-2002-0781 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Jul 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

RTSP proxy for Novell BorderManager 3.6 SP 1a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a GET request to port 9090 followed by a series of carriage returns, which causes proxy.nlm to ABEND.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0781?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Novell Bordermanager.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0781?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0781 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-2002-0781 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0781 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wjq4-hrpg-6w8j.

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