CVE-2002-0992 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash HP-UX DCE daemons via IPv6, causing 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-2002-0992?
CVE-2002-0992 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hp Hp-Ux, published on 31 Aug 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unknown vulnerability in IPV6 functionality for DCE daemons (1) dced or (2) rpcd on HP-UX 11.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an attack that modifies internal data.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0992?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hp Hp-Ux.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0992?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0992 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-2002-0992 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0992 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Hp Hp-Ux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vp73-qc6h-83r4.