CVE-2002-20001 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability, dubbed D(HE)at or D(HE)ater, affecting products from vendors like Balasys, F5, HPE, Siemens, Stormshield, and SUSE. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trigger expensive Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange (DHE) modular-exponentiation calculations on a vulnerable server by sending arbitrary, non-public key values. The attack is rated High severity (CVSS 7.5) due to its network-based vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability, requiring minimal client resources. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:balasys:dheater:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_w1750d_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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