CVE-2002-0853 (GCVE-0-2002-0853)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-04-02 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 03:03
VLAI
Summary
Cisco Virtual Private Network (VPN) Client 3.5.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a packet with a zero-length payload.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpnclient-mu… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/287771 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5440 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9821.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2002-08-12 00:00
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