Vulnerability in Nylon
CVE-2002-2124
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.
EPSS: 0.016 (73.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Nylon — versions 0.2
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)