CVE-2002-0782 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Novell BorderManager by exhausting the connection table when Port-Address Translate is enabled.
- 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-2002-0782?
CVE-2002-0782 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
Novell BorderManager 3.5 with PAT (Port-Address Translate) enabled allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by filling the connection table with a large number of connection requests to hosts that do not have a specific route, which may be forwarded to the public interface.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0782?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Novell Bordermanager.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0782?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0782 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-2002-0782 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0782 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vv6j-x543-xxmh.