Description
The TCP MSS (maximum segment size) functionality in netinet allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via (1) a low MTU, which causes a large number of small packets to be produced, or (2) via a large number of packets with a small TCP payload, which cause a large number of calls to the resource-intensive sowakeup function.
Published: 2004-02-03
Score: 10.0 Critical
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-0002 The TCP MSS (maximum segment size) functionality in netinet allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via (1) a low MTU, which causes a large number of small packets to be produced, or (2) via a large number of packets with a small TCP payload, which cause a large number of calls to the resource-intensive sowakeup function.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:01:23.543Z

Reserved: 2004-01-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0002

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-03-03T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-0002

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