CVE-2001-0710

Public Exploit

Description

NetBSD 1.5 and earlier and FreeBSD 4.3 and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a large number of IP fragments to the machine, exhausting the mbuf pool.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.92% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory netbsd.org Vendor Advisory FreeBSD.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6636	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2799	vdb entry patch vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-006.txt.asc	patch vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:52.fragment.asc	exploit patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2001-0710?: CVE-2001-0710 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2001-0710?: To fix CVE-2001-0710, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2001-0710 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2001-0710 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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