CVE-2002-2124

Published Dec 31, 2002

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:nylon:nylon:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "4E25BBC8-77CD-401E-AC0E-0E03FF61FCE4"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References