CVE-2003-0653 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a kernel panic in NetBSD by sending specific OSI packets due to missing mbuf handling in the networking kernel.
- 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-2003-0653?
CVE-2003-0653 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netbsd Netbsd, published on 5 Aug 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The OSI networking kernel (sys/netiso) in NetBSD 1.6.1 and earlier does not use a BSD-required "PKTHDR" mbuf when sending certain error responses to the sender of an OSI packet, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic or crash) via certain OSI packets.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0653?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Netbsd Netbsd.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0653?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0653 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-2003-0653 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0653 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netbsd Netbsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4j9j-jf29-v2fj.