CVE-2002-0574
N/A
Published: April 2, 2003 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via ICMP echo packets that trigger a bug in ip_output() in which the reference count for a routing table entry is not decremented, which prevents the entry from being removed.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDBroken LinkPatch
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:21.tcpip.ascVDB Entryx_refsource_XFBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8893.phpVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4539Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-401
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