CVE-2002-1141 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Sun RPC library on Windows by sending malformed fragmented packets.
- 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-2002-1141?
CVE-2002-1141 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An input validation error in the Sun Microsystems RPC library Services for Unix 3.0 Interix SD, as implemented on Microsoft Windows NT4, 2000, and XP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed fragmented RPC client packets, aka "Denial of service by sending an invalid RPC request."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1141?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Services.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1141?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1141 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-2002-1141 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1141 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mm8r-8vpw-4648.