CVE-2002-1201

View on CVE.org

Published Oct 15, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set, which prevents AIX from releasing the associated memory buffers.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1185	IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set, which prevents AIX from releasing the associated memory buffers.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.1% (2.099% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103418410408599&w=2
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q=IY31641&uid=isg1IY31641&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10326.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102345
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5925

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:19 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 15, 2002, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:19 AM
Reserved: Oct 11, 2002, 12:00 AM

View source JSON

Vulnrichment No data

No data.

NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:58 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 28, 2002, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:58 PM

View source JSON

Red Hat No data

No data.

OpenCVE enrichment No data

No data.

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2002-10-09T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set, which prevents AIX from releasing the associated memory buffers."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2016-10-17T13:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "aix-tcp-flood-dos(10326)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10326.php"}, {"name": "IY31641", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_AIXAPAR"], "url": "http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q=IY31641&uid=isg1IY31641&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en"}, {"name": "20021009 Flood ACK packets cause AIX DoS", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103418410408599&w=2"}, {"name": "VU#102345", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_CERT-VN"], "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102345"}, {"name": "5925", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5925"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2002-1201", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set, which prevents AIX from releasing the associated memory buffers."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "aix-tcp-flood-dos(10326)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10326.php"}, {"name": "IY31641", "refsource": "AIXAPAR", "url": "http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q=IY31641&uid=isg1IY31641&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en"}, {"name": "20021009 Flood ACK packets cause AIX DoS", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103418410408599&w=2"}, {"name": "VU#102345", "refsource": "CERT-VN", "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102345"}, {"name": "5925", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5925"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T03:19:27.858Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "aix-tcp-flood-dos(10326)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10326.php"}, {"name": "IY31641", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_AIXAPAR", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q=IY31641&uid=isg1IY31641&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en"}, {"name": "20021009 Flood ACK packets cause AIX DoS", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103418410408599&w=2"}, {"name": "VU#102345", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_CERT-VN", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102345"}, {"name": "5925", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5925"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2002-1201", "datePublished": "2002-10-15T04:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2002-10-11T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T03:19:27.858Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "465B06C4-136D-4CD8-BA38-B6B50511624C", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "D084700A-713E-48C9-8ED9-A55024552B78", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set, which prevents AIX from releasing the associated memory buffers."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "IBM AIX 4.3.3 y AIX 5 permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (consumici\u00f3n de CPU o ca\u00edda) mediante una inundaci\u00f3n de paquetes TCP malformados sin ning\u00fan flag establecido, lo que impide que AIX libere los b\u00faferes de memoria asociados."}], "id": "CVE-2002-1201", "lastModified": "2026-06-16T21:58:55.640", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 5.0, "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 2.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2002-10-28T05:00:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103418410408599&w=2"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q=IY31641&uid=isg1IY31641&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10326.php"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["US Government Resource"], "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102345"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5925"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103418410408599&w=2"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q=IY31641&uid=isg1IY31641&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10326.php"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["US Government Resource"], "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102345"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5925"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}