PT-2004-1234 · Freebsd · Netinet

Published 2004-02-03 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2004-0002

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in resource exhaustion. This can be achieved through two methods: (1) using a low MTU, which leads to the production of a large number of small packets, or (2) sending a large number of packets with a small TCP payload, causing a large number of calls to the sowakeup function.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0002

Affected Products

Netinet

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0002 · Security Note
• http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src/2004-January/016271.html · Vendor Advisory