CVE-2002-0930 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the Novell Netware FTP server by sending malicious format strings in the USER command, causing a denial of service.

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-2002-0930?

CVE-2002-0930 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Novell Netware, published on 31 Aug 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Format string vulnerability in the FTP server for Novell Netware 6.0 SP1 (NWFTPD) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ABEND) via format strings in the USER command.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0930?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Novell Netware.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0930?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0930 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-2002-0930 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0930 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Novell Netware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2pqf-f6j5-7m26.

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