CVE-2002-0256 — The telnet port in Arescom NetDSL 1000 router allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of connections with long strings, which causes a large number of login failures and causes the telnet service to stop

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The telnet port in Arescom NetDSL 1000 router allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of connections with long strings, which causes a large number of login failures and causes the telnet service to stop

Published May 3, 2002

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.16%

Description

The telnet port in Arescom NetDSL 1000 router allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of connections with long strings, which causes a large number of login failures and causes the telnet service to stop.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.16% 0.03155

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03155

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	3.16% (0.03155)	87.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.16% (0.03155)	86.25th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Oct 11, 2025	6.28% (0.06281)	90.47th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	4.19% (0.04186)	87.64th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	7.16% (0.07155)	85.62th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	4.19% (0.04186)	87.95th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	3.34% (0.03340)	91.71th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	3.34% (0.03340)	89.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101328827420630&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8123.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4067
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101328827420630&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8123.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4067		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 3, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved May 1, 2002

Link CVE-2002-0256

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-0256

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-0256