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CVE-2002-0460

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Bitvise WinSSHD before 2002-03-16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a large number of incomplete connections that are not properly terminated, which are not properly freed by SSHd.

Affected products

• Bitvise Winsshd: 1.1

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q1/0068.html
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262681
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8470.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4300
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q1/0068.html
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262681
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8470.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4300

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