VulnerabilityModified
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…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 3.17%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.17% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- freebsd/freebsd · openbsd/openbsd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- 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=vulnerabilitiesPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/395670US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/4124
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9792Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15369
- 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=vulnerabilitiesPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/395670US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/4124
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9792Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15369
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.