Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via ICMP echo packets that trigger a bug in ip_output() in which the reference count for a routing table entry is not decremented, which prevents the entry from being removed.
References
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ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:21.tcpip.asc | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4539 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8893.php | |
http://www.osvdb.org/5232 |
Configurations
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Information
Published : 2002-07-02 21:00
Updated : 2008-09-05 13:28
NVD link : CVE-2002-0574
Mitre link : CVE-2002-0574
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CWE
Products Affected
freebsd
- freebsd