CVE-2002-0574
FreeBSD < 4.5 - Denial of Service via ICMP Echo Packet Memory Leak
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8893.php
Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/5232
Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4539
Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_freebsd
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:21.tcpip.asc
Scores
EPSS
0.0110
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (1)
freebsd/freebsd
< 4.5
Published
Jul 03, 2002
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026