CVE-2002-0256: Arescom Netdsl

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Arescom Netdsl: version 1000 only

Published 2002-05-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.