PT-2001-1548 · Unix · Unix

Published 2001-04-04 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-2001-0323

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions UNIX systems (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by spoofing "ICMP Fragmentation needed but Don't Fragment (DF) set" packets between two target hosts. This could cause one host to lower its MTU when transmitting to the other host.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0323

Affected Products

Unix

References · 5

• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0323 · Security Note
• http://oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5975 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97958349623450&w=2 · Note