CVE-2001-0710 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in NetBSD and FreeBSD by exhausting the mbuf pool with excessive IP fragments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0710?
CVE-2001-0710 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 9 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0710?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd, Netbsd Netbsd.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0710?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0710 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2001-0710 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0710 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2hjc-8x6p-4x9g.