CVE-2002-0518 (GCVE-0-2002-0518)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-06-11 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The SYN cache (syncache) and SYN cookie (syncookie) mechanism in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) (1) via a SYN packet that is accepted using syncookies that causes a null pointer to be referenced for the socket's TCP options, or (2) by killing and restarting a process that listens on the same socket, which does not properly clear the old inpcb pointer on restart.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD |
| http://www.osvdb.org/6046 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8873.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8875.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4524 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Date Public
2002-04-16 00:00
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