Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2002-2421 is a legacy denial-of-service issue in acWEB 1.14. A remote HTTP request referencing a reserved MS-DOS device name can crash the web server, interrupting availability for any service relying on that instance. Exposure is most likely limited to old acWEB 1.14 installations reachable over HTTP. Organizations with no acWEB assets, or only modern supported web servers, are unlikely to be affected. Treat this as a legacy availability risk. Prioritize if acWEB 1.14 is exposed to customers or business-critical internal users; otherwise handle through legacy asset cleanup. Mitigation focus: Inventory internet-facing and internal web servers for acWEB 1.14.; Retire or replace any acWEB 1.14 instance where feasible.; Restrict untrusted network access to affected servers..
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