Description
Multiple TCP implementations could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth and CPU exhaustion) by setting the maximum segment size (MSS) to a very small number and requesting large amounts of data, which generates more packets with less TCP-level data that amplify network traffic and consume more server CPU to process.
Published: 2002-05-03
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 16.8% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-1225 Multiple TCP implementations could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth and CPU exhaustion) by setting the maximum segment size (MSS) to a very small number and requesting large amounts of data, which generates more packets with less TCP-level data that amplify network traffic and consume more server CPU to process.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:51:07.750Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1244

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Status : Modified

Published: 2001-07-07T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1244

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