CVE-2002-0601

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-06-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

ISS RealSecure Network Sensor 5.x through 6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed DHCP packets that cause RealSecure to dereference a null pointer.

Affected products

Information Security Systems Realsecure Network Sensor: 5.0_xpu_3.4, 5.5.1_xpu_3.4, 5.5.2_xpu_3.4, 5.5_xpu_3.4, 6.0_xpu_3.4, 6.5

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0420.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/alerts/advise116.php
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8961.php
http://www.osvdb.org/5165
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4649
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0420.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/alerts/advise116.php
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8961.php
http://www.osvdb.org/5165
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4649

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