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
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.
Sources
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-311
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-312
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-332
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-336
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-442
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-187.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-195.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-198.html
- http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-41.txt
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A295