Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2003-0364

 

Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2003-0364

Published: June 16, 2003 / Updated: October 11, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU94814
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2003-0364
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The TCP/IP fragment reassembly handling in the Linux kernel 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certain packets that cause a large number of hash table collisions.


How to mitigate CVE-2003-0364

Install update from vendor's repository.

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