PT-2001-2376 · Freebsd+6 · Freebsd+8

Published 2001-07-07 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2001-1244

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions TCP implementations (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by setting the maximum segment size (MSS) to a very small number and requesting large amounts of data. This generates more packets with less TCP-level data, amplifying network traffic and consuming more server CPU to process.

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

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1244

Affected Products

Freebsd

Hp-Ux

Linux Kernel

Netbsd

Openbsd

Sunos

Vvos

Windows 2000

Windows Nt

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20997 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/2997 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1244 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/195457 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6824 · Note