CVE-2003-1250 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the router via SYN flood when specific firewall settings are enabled, causing 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-2003-1250?
CVE-2003-1250 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
Efficient Networks 5861 DSL router, when running firmware 5.3.80 configured to block incoming TCP SYN, packets allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a flood of TCP SYN packets to the WAN interface using a port scanner such as nmap.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1250?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Efficient Networks 5861 Dsl Router.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1250?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1250 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-2003-1250 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1250 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v447-3wq3-529v.