CVE-2002-2138 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a system panic in HP-UX via malformed UDP packets on port 139, requiring vendor patches.
- 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-2002-2138?
CVE-2002-2138 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hp Hp-Ux, published on 16 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
RFC-NETBIOS in HP Advanced Server/9000 B.04.05 through B.04.09, when running HP-UX 11.00 or 11.11, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a malformed UDP packet on port 139.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2138?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Hp Advanced Server 9000, Hp Hp-Ux.
How do I fix CVE-2002-2138?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2138 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-2002-2138 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-2138 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hr99-xr7v-22rw.