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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 exha

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.01149
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Affected Products & Versions

2
freebsdall versions
openbsdall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD15 Mar 2004 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

7
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:04.tcp.asc
http://lists.seifried.org/pipermail/security/2004-May/003743.html
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=78&type=vulnerabilitiesPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/395670US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/4124
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9792PatchVendor Advisory
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