CVE-2002-1358 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code on SSH servers by sending malformed empty lists or strings.
- 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-2002-1358?
CVE-2002-1358 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 17 Dec 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple SSH2 servers and clients do not properly handle lists with empty elements or strings, which may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by the SSHredder SSH protocol test suite.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1358?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Cisco Ios, Fissh Ssh Client, Intersoft Securenetterm, Netcomposite Shellguard Ssh, Pragma Systems Secureshell, Putty Putty and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1358?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1358 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-2002-1358 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1358 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-44gh-mpm8-5jhq.