CVE-2002-0741 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
psyBNC 2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and resource exhaustion) by sending a PASS command with a long password argument and quickly killing the connection, which is not properly terminated by psyBNC.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.99% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-08-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| psychoid | psybnc |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | psyBNC 2.3 - Denial of Service | 2002-05-19 |
| exploit-db | psyBNC 2.3 - Oversized Passwords Denial of Service | 2002-04-22 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0322.html
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/269131
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8912.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4570
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0322.html
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/269131
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8912.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4570
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