CVE-2002-1914 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can prevent system backups by locking the dumpdates file, causing a denial of service for the dump utility.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2002-1914?
CVE-2002-1914 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jun 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
dump 0.4 b10 through b29 allows local users to cause a denial of service (execution prevention) by using flock() to lock the /etc/dumpdates file.
Weakness: CWE-667
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1914?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dump Project Dump.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1914?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2002-1914 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1914 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1914, GHSA-xmv4-4p35-4553.