CVE-2002-1883 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Qt Assistant by exploiting an open IPC port when loaded from Designer.
- 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-2002-1883?
CVE-2002-1883 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Trolltech Qt Assistant 1.0 in Trolltech Qt 3.0.3, when loaded from the Designer, opens port 7358 for interprocess communication, which allows remote attackers to open arbitrary HTML pages and cause a denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1883?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trolltech Qt Assistant.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1883?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1883 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-2002-1883 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1883 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r48p-j2q3-xw9m.