Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-0046 - Remote Security vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.6.20.1

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
linux

Summary

Linux kernel, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to read portions of memory via a series of fragmented ICMP packets that generate an ICMP TTL Exceeded response, which includes portions of the memory in the response packet.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Linux
1

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2002:007