CVE-2002-1228 Denial of service in n/a
An NFS client can cause a denial of service by killing the lockd daemon on Solaris systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-1228?
CVE-2002-1228 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 21 Oct 2002. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unknown vulnerability in NFS on Solaris 2.5.1 through Solaris 9 allows an NFS client to cause a denial of service by killing the lockd daemon.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1228?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1228?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1228 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-2002-1228 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1228 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8p4f-w37p-53vv.