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CVE-2002-0957

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The default configuration of BlackICE Agent 3.1.eal and 3.1.ebh has a high tcp.maxconnections setting, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of connections to the BlackICE system that consumes more resources than intended by the user.

Affected products

• ISS Blackice Agent: 3.1eal, 3.1ebh

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0114.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9405.php
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0114.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9405.php

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