TI-2002-00718 Aliases CVE-2002-0741 GHSA-9h6m-r29q-4858

psyBNC 2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and…

LOW 34Published 2003-04-02 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

psyBNC 2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and resource exhaustion) by sending a PASS command with a long password argument and quickly killing the connection, which is not properly terminated by psyBNC.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0799 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:psychoid:psybnc:2.3:::::::*	2.3	Vulnerable	Psychoid

cpe:2.3:a:psychoid:psybnc:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3 Vulnerable ·Psychoid

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0741
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9h6m-r29q-4858

References

Patch 1

psybnc-long-password-dos(8912)

Other 1

20020422 Re: psyBNC 2.3 DoS / Bug

TI-2002-00186 psyBNC 2.3 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof encrypted, trusted messages… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

Sources

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