Description
The License Manager (mathlm) for Mathematica 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by connecting to port 16286 and not disconnecting, which prevents users from making license requests.
References
- 20010730 a couple minor issues with mathematica license manager mailing-list
- mathematica-license-dos(6926) vdb-entry
- 3120 vdb-entry