CVE-2002-2124 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in nylon library by closing connections during recv operations.
- 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-2002-2124?
CVE-2002-2124 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Oct 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The recvn and sendn functions in nylon 0.2 do not check when the recv function call returns 0, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by closing the connection while recv is executing.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2124?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nylon Nylon.
How do I fix CVE-2002-2124?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2124 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-2002-2124 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-2124 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x73m-9r2v-mf44.