CVE-2004-0002

Published Feb 3, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-0002 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 12:01 AM
Reserved
Jan 5, 2004, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 3, 2004, 5:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:04 PM