CVE-2004-0171

N/A Unknown
Published: March 15, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

FreeBSD 5.1 and earlier, and Mac OS X before 10.3.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion of memory buffers and system crash) via a large number of out-of-sequence TCP packets, which prevents the operating system from creating new connections.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:04.tcp.asc
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.seifried.org/pipermail/security/2004-May/003743.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=78&type=vulnerabilities
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/395670
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/4124
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9792
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15369
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:04.tcp.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.seifried.org/pipermail/security/2004-May/003743.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=78&type=vulnerabilities
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/395670
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/4124
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9792
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15369
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.4%
81th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

openbsd freebsd