CVE-2002-1283 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Novell iManager via a buffer overflow triggered by a long Distinguished Name in an authentication request.

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-2002-1283?

CVE-2002-1283 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Nov 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in Novell iManager (eMFrame) before 1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an authentication request with a long Distinguished Name (DN) attribute.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1283?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Novell Emframe.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1283?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1283 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2002-1283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-76w6-94xw-vqgv.

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