CVE-2001-0830 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

6tunnel 0.08 and earlier does not properly close sockets that were initiated by a client, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by repeatedly connecting to and disconnecting from the server.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 5.7% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:6tunnel_project:6tunnel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05665.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://213.146.38.146/pub/wojtekka/6tunnel-0.09.tar.gz
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100386451702966&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3467
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7337

History

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Subscriptions

6tunnel Project 6tunnel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:07.092Z

Reserved: 2001-11-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0830

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-12-06T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:55:02.690

Link: CVE-2001-0830

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-772
Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

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