VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-2124

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.59%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-12-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

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.

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