SPHEREserver client connections denial of service
| sphereserver-connections-dos (8338) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
SPHEREserver is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A remote attacker can log on to the server with multiple client connections using Telnet until the client connections reaches the maximum, which would prevent other users from connecting to the server.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of June 1, 2013.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Mar 02 2002 - 09:12:43 CST: Denial of Service in Sphereserver.
- Meanasoft Web site: SPHEREserver.
- BID-4258: Menasoft SPHEREserver .99 Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-0406: Menasoft SPHERE server 0.99x and 0.5x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by establishing a large number of connections to the server without providing login credentials, which prevents other users from being able to log in.
- OSVDB ID: 5305: Menasoft SPHERE Connection Saturation DoS
Platforms Affected:
- MenaSoft SPHEREserver 0.55x
- MenaSoft SPHEREserver 0.99x
Reported:
Mar 02, 2002
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