# CVE-2003-1230: Weak cryptography in n/a

> Remote attackers can spoof legitimate traffic by brute-forcing weak 32-bit SYN cookie keys in FreeBSD.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Aug 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7hx3-c6gv-rvgg

## What is CVE-2003-1230?

CVE-2003-1230 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Aug 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The implementation of SYN cookies (syncookies) in FreeBSD 4.5 through 5.0-RELEASE-p3 uses only 32-bit internal keys when generating syncookies, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute force ISN guessing attacks and spoof legitimate traffic.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1230?


## How do I fix CVE-2003-1230?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1230 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2003-1230 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1230 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2003-1230 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2003-1230 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Aug 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1230 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1230/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1230/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-1230
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1230
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-1230

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1230/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.