CVE-2002-0794

Published Aug 12, 2002

Last updated 16 years ago

Overview

Description: The accept_filter mechanism in FreeBSD 4 through 4.5 does not properly remove entries from the incomplete listen queue when adding a syncache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network service availability) via a large number of connection attempts, which fills the queue.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:release:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "3D41CB12-7894-4D25-80EC-23C56171D973"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References