CVE-2002-1542 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SolarWinds TFTP server 5.0.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large UDP datagram, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Published: 2003-03-18

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 13.2% Moderate

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:solarwinds:tftp_server:5.0.55_standard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1524	SolarWinds TFTP server 5.0.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large UDP datagram, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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 0.132.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0344.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0040.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10462.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6043

History

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Subscriptions

Solarwinds Tftp Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-03-18T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.947Z

Reserved: 2003-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1542

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-03-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:59:31.340

Link: CVE-2002-1542

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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