CVE-2002-0912 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in the Debian UUCP server by sending long strings that are not properly terminated.

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-2002-0912?

CVE-2002-0912 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 31 Aug 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

in.uucpd UUCP server in Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, and possibly other operating systems, does not properly terminate long strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0912?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Debian Debian Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0912?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0912 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-2002-0912 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0912 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cpxq-5q25-5cpx.

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