CVE-2003-0364 Information

Description

The TCP/IP fragment reassembly handling in the Linux kernel 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certain packets that cause a large number of hash table collisions.

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-311 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-312 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-332 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-336 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-442 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-187.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-195.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-198.html http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-41.txt https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A295