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CVE-2002-0794

Published

21 years ago

Last Modified

15 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5/10
Exploit Score: 10/10
Access Vector: Network
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact: None
Availability Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: None

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:release::::::	Yes	-	-

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2002-05/0349.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4879
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9209.php
http://www.osvdb.org/5081