CVE-2002-1359 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via buffer overflows in SSH2 servers and clients handling large packets.
- 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-2002-1359?
CVE-2002-1359 is a critical memory corruption 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 large packets or large fields, which may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via buffer overflow attacks, as demonstrated by the SSHredder SSH protocol test suite.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1359?
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-2002-1359?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1359 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-2002-1359 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-1359 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries.
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- CVE-2017-6736 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-6737 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fxj2-7cf3-5hcm.