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CVE-2002-0741
psyBNC 2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and resource exhaustion) by sending a PASS command with a…
Medium5.0EPSS 8.0%
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- mitre
Description
psyBNC 2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and resource exhaustion) by sending a PASS command with a long password argument and quickly killing the connection, which is not properly terminated by psyBNC.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.0% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 4570 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- psybnc-long-password-dos(8912) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20020422 Re: psyBNC 2.3 DoS / Bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020423 PsyBNC Remote Dos POC (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .