CVE-2002-0957

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0957
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-04 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe default configuration of BlackICE Agent 3.1.eal and 3.1.ebh has a high tcp.maxconnections setting, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of connections to the BlackICE system that consumes more resources than intended by the user.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Iss Blackice Agent 3.1eal All All All
Application Iss Blackice Agent 3.1ebh All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ISS X-Force Database: blackice-excessive-memory-consumption (9405): BlackICE Agent TCP connections could cause excessive memory consumption on some systems af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0114.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
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