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
Link | Resource |
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ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:21.tcpip.asc | Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8893.php | Broken Link |
http://www.osvdb.org/5232 | Broken Link |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4539 | Broken Link Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
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Information
Published : 2002-07-03 04:00
Updated : 2024-01-26 18:55
NVD link : CVE-2002-0574
Mitre link : CVE-2002-0574
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2002-0574
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Products Affected
freebsd
- freebsd
CWE
CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime