CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0237

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in ISS BlackICE Defender 2.9 and earlier, BlackICE Agent 3.0 and 3.1, and RealSecure Server Sensor 6.0.1 and 6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a flood of large ICMP ping packets.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the system or execute unauthorized code, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of the software to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor network traffic for potential attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in ISS BlackICE Defender 2.9 and earlier, BlackICE Agent 3.0 and 3.1, and RealSecure Server Sensor 6.0.1 and 6.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a flood of large ICMP ping packets.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS