First published: Wed Jun 27 2001(Updated: )
man2html before 1.5-22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Debian Linux | =2.2 |
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CVE-2001-0457 has a medium severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service through memory exhaustion.
To fix CVE-2001-0457, update man2html to version 1.5-22 or later.
CVE-2001-0457 affects users of Debian GNU/Linux version 2.2 and earlier.
Yes, CVE-2001-0457 can be exploited remotely by attackers to trigger memory exhaustion.
CVE-2001-0457 facilitates a denial of service attack through excessive memory usage.