Input validation error in GNU C Library (glibc) - CVE-2002-1265
Published: October 10, 2017 / Updated: June 3, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110132
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2002-1265
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The Sun RPC functionality in multiple libc implementations does not provide a time-out mechanism when reading data from TCP connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang).
Affected software
GNU C Library (glibc)
How to mitigate CVE-2002-1265
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021103-01-P
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/51082
- http://www.info.apple.com/usen/security/security_updates.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10539.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/266817
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6103
- http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/mss/MSS-OAR-E01-2004.0800.1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2248