CVE-2002-2079 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the mosix-protocol-stack of Multicomputer Operating System for UnIX (MOSIX) 1.5.7, as well as OpenMOSIX. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted packets. The CVSS score of 5.0 indicates a medium severity, with low attack complexity and only availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, though it has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mosix_project:mosix:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openmosix_project:openmosix:2.4.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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