CVE-2002-2161 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Kerio Personal Firewall via SYN packet floods, affecting system availability.
- 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-2002-2161?
CVE-2002-2161 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) 2.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang and CPU consumption) via a SYN packet flood.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2161?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kerio Personal Firewall.
How do I fix CVE-2002-2161?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2161 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-2002-2161 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-2161 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jcg2-2j5q-692h.