CVE DATABASE / CVE-2002-0574
CVE-2002-0574
CVSS 5 · MEDIUM
Summary
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.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 5 (MEDIUM) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity | NONE |
| Availability | PARTIAL |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Freebsd freebsd
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References
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:21.tcpip.asc
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8893.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/5232
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4539
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.