CVE-2002-2124
N/A
Published: October 27, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNylon
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/7281Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.security-express.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0146.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10334Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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