CVE-2001-1244

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

Multiple TCP implementations could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth and CPU exhaustion) by setting the maximum segment size (MSS) to a very small number and requesting large amounts of data, which generates more packets with less TCP-level data that amplify network traffic and consume more server CPU to process.

Multiple TCP implementations could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth and CPU exhaustion) by setting the maximum segment size (MSS) to a very small number and requesting large amounts of data, which generates more packets with less TCP-level data that amplify network traffic and consume more server CPU to process.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 23 years ago

2001-07-07 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:26:00

Affected Software

FreeBSD 4.3

4.3

HP-UX 11.00

11.00

HP HP-UX 11.0.4

11.0.4

HP-UX 11.11

11.11

HP VVOS 11.04

11.04

Linux Kernel 2.4.0

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.1

2.4.1

Linux Kernel 2.4.2

2.4.2

Linux Kernel 2.4.3

2.4.3

Linux Kernel 2.4.4

2.4.4

Linux Kernel 2.4.5

2.4.5

Microsoft windows 2000_sp1

Microsoft windows 2000_sp2

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp1

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp2

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp3

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp4

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp5

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp6

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp6a

4.0

NetBSD 1.5

1.5

NetBSD 1.5.1

1.5.1

OpenBSD 2.8

2.8

OpenBSD 2.9

2.9

Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.5.1

5.5.1

Sun Microsystems Solaris 7

5.7

Sun SunOS (Solaris 8) 5.8

5.8

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