CVE-2004-0002 | BDVDB-2026-6123 Detail

Description#

The TCP MSS (maximum segment size) functionality in netinet allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via (1) a low MTU, which causes a large number of small packets to be produced, or (2) via a large number of packets with a small TCP payload, which cause a large number of calls to the resource-intensive sowakeup function.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src/2004-January/016271.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12004-02-03Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-08Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.