6288 : McAfee Remote Desktop Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2001-05-16	2001-05-16

Description

McAfee Remote Desktop contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a malicious attacker uses netcat or another utility to send large amounts of data to port 5045 to a victim, and will result in loss of availability for the platform.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades or patches to correct this issue. It is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround(s): filter access to port 5045 on affected platforms.

Products

McAfee, Inc.	Remote Desktop	2.1.2
		3.0

References

CVE ID: 2001-0612 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 2726
ISS X-Force ID: 6547
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0158.html

Credit

altomo - altomonudehackers.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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