Vulnerability CVE-2002-0957


Published: 2002-10-04   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The default configuration of BlackICE Agent 3.1.eal and 3.1.ebh has a high tcp.maxconnections setting, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of connections to the BlackICE system that consumes more resources than intended by the user.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
ISS -> Blackice agent 

 References:
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9405.php
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0114.html

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