CVE - CVE-2002-0574

CVE-ID
CVE-2002-0574	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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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BID:4539 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4539 FREEBSD:FreeBSD-SA-02:21 URL:ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:21.tcpip.asc OSVDB:5232 URL:http://www.osvdb.org/5232 XF:freebsd-icmp-echo-reply-dos(8893) URL:http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8893.php
Date Entry Created
20030402	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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