CVE-2002-0046 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2002-0046?

CVE-2002-0046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Jun 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Linux kernel, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to read portions of memory via a series of fragmented ICMP packets that generate an ICMP TTL Exceeded response, which includes portions of the memory in the response packet.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0046?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0046?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0046 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-0046 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0046 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-3578-p22m-362p.