CVE-2004-1060 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can reduce network throughput by sending forged ICMP packets to exploit Path MTU discovery flaws in TCP/IP implementations.
- 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-2004-1060?
CVE-2004-1060 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Apr 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple TCP/IP and ICMP implementations, when using Path MTU (PMTU) discovery (PMTUD), allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network throughput reduction for TCP connections) via forged ICMP ("Fragmentation Needed and Don't Fragment was Set") packets with a low next-hop MTU value, aka the "Path MTU discovery attack." NOTE: CVE-2004-0790, CVE-2004-0791, and CVE-2004-1060 have been SPLIT based on different attacks; CVE-2005-0065, CVE-2005-0066, CVE-2005-0067, and CVE-2005-0068 are related identifiers that are SPLIT based on the underlying vulnerability. While CVE normally SPLITs based on vulnerability, the attack-based identifiers exist due to the variety and number of affected implementations and solutions that address the attacks instead of the underlying vulnerabilities.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1060?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Icmp Icmp, Tcp Tcp.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1060?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1060 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-2004-1060 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1060 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8jw3-72q3-6378.