CVE-2002-1661 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in leafnode by requesting cross-posted articles with specific group name prefixes.
- 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-2002-1661?
CVE-2002-1661 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The leafnode server in leafnode 1.9.20 to 1.9.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) when leafnode requests a cross-posted article to one group whose name is a prefix of another group.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1661?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Leafnode Leafnode.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1661?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1661 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-2002-1661 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1661 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vxpv-xpqv-mxm8.