CVE-2002-0957

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0957
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-04 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-05 20:29:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
20020619 [VulnWatch] KPMG-2002023: BlackICE Agent Temporary Memory Buildup VULNWATCH archives.neohapsis.com
ISS X-Force Database: blackice-excessive-memory-consumption (9405): BlackICE Agent TCP connections could cause excessive memory consumption on some systems XF www.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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