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CVE-2004-0171

FreeBSD 5.1 and earlier, and Mac OS X before 10.3.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion of memory buffers and system crash) via a large number of out-of-sequence TCP packets, which prevents the operating system from creating new connections.

Published

2004-03-15T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.6.2 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.7 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.8 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.9 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.2 Yes
Operating System openbsd openbsd 3.3 Yes
Operating System openbsd openbsd 3.4 Yes
References