CVE-2002-1201 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in IBM AIX by sending malformed TCP packets, leading to CPU consumption or system crashes.
- 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-2002-1201?
CVE-2002-1201 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Aix, published on 15 Oct 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set, which prevents AIX from releasing the associated memory buffers.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1201?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Aix.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1201?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1201 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-2002-1201 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1201 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Aix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fg7c-fchq-qxrp.