# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Jul 2005
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2qc3-c6vw-rhw6

## 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: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2003-0196](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0196/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0161](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0161/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2002-2002](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2002/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2003-0724](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0724/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2002-1202](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1202/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-2003 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-2003 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2003/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2003/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-2003
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2003
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-2003

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2003/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.