CVE-2002-1265

N/A Unknown

Published: November 12, 2002 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

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).

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021103-01-P

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/51082

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/mss/MSS-OAR-E01-2004.0800.1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.info.apple.com/usen/security/security_updates.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10539.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/266817

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6103

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2248

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021103-01-P