CVE-2002-0574

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Published Apr 2, 2003 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via ICMP echo packets that trigger a bug in ip_output() in which the reference count for a routing table entry is not decremented, which prevents the entry from being removed.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.0% (1.960% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:21.tcpip.asc
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8893.php
http://www.osvdb.org/5232
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4539

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

Weaknesses

CWE-401

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:56 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 2, 2003, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:56 AM
Reserved: Jun 11, 2002, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:57 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 3, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:57 PM

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