TCP/IP Fragment Reassembly Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.4

CVE-2003-0364 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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