CVE-2002-1201

Description

IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set, which prevents AIX from releasing the associated memory buffers.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.33% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory iss.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10326.php	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q=IY31641&uid=isg1IY31641&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103418410408599&w=2	mailing list
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102345	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5925	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2002-1201?: CVE-2002-1201 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2002-1201?: To fix CVE-2002-1201, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2002-1201 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2002-1201 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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