CVE-2001-0796 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on SGI IRIX and FreeBSD systems by sending malformed IGMP multicast packets.
- 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-2001-0796?
CVE-2001-0796 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
SGI IRIX 6.5 through 6.5.12f and possibly earlier versions, and FreeBSD 3.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed IGMP multicast packet with a small response delay.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0796?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd, Sgi Irix.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0796?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0796 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-2001-0796 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0796 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w92x-3g6c-7cwc.