The recvn and sendn functions in nylon 0.2 do not check when the recv function call returns 0, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by closing the connection while recv is executing.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-27T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:51:17.638Z

Reserved: 2005-10-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-2124

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-2124

cve-icon Redhat

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