Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-2124 - Denial Of Service vulnerability in Nylon 0.2
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |