CVE-2002-2003 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the ypbind service in Compaq Tru64 Unix by sending specific network packets, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2002-2003?
CVE-2002-2003 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Jul 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ypbind in Compaq Tru64 4.0F, 4.0G, 5.0A, 5.1 and 5.1A allows remote attackers to cause the process to core dump via certain network packets generated by nmap.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2003?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Compaq Tru64.
How do I fix CVE-2002-2003?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2003 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-2002-2003 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-2003 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2qc3-c6vw-rhw6.