Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux 2.4 Route Cache Implementation and Netfilter IP Conntrack Module

CVE-2003-0244 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The route cache implementation in Linux 2.4, and the Netfilter IP conntrack module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via packets with forged source addresses that cause a large number of hash table collisions.

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