CVE-2002-1556 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco ONS devices by sending a malformed HTTP request containing an invalid CORBA IOR.
- 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-2002-1556?
CVE-2002-1556 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Mar 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco ONS15454 and ONS15327 running ONS before 3.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (reset) via an HTTP request to the TCC, TCC+ or XTC, in which the request contains an invalid CORBA Interoperable Object Reference (IOR).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1556?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Optical Networking Systems Software.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1556?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1556 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-2002-1556 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1556 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9qv7-qrq7-h43g.