# 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.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Dec 2002
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-44gh-mpm8-5jhq

## 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 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1358?

It affects 7 products.


Products: Cisco Ios, Fissh Ssh Client, Intersoft Securenetterm, Netcomposite Shellguard Ssh, Pragma Systems Secureshell, Putty Putty, Winscp Winscp.

## 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.

## Is CVE-2002-1358 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1358 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios

- [CVE-2017-12240](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12240/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software DHCP Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-3881](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3881/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-0167](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0167/): Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-6736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6736/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-6737](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6737/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-1358 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1358 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Ios. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1358/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1358/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1358
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1358
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-1358

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1358/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.