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CVE-2002-07412 exploits

psyBNC 2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and resource exhaustion) by sending a PASS command with a…

Published 24 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
8.0%
percentile 95%
Public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

psyBNC 2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and resource exhaustion) by sending a PASS command with a long password argument and quickly killing the connection, which is not properly terminated by psyBNC.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

7.99% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-383 psyBNC 2.3 - Denial of Service · dos · 2002-05-19
  • EDB-21409 psyBNC 2.3 - Oversized Passwords Denial of Service · dos · 2002-04-22

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/4570 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • iss.net /security_center/static/8912.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0322.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • online.securityfocus.com /archive/1/269131 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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