Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-0794 - Denial of Service vulnerability in Freebsd 4.5
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The accept_filter mechanism in FreeBSD 4 through 4.5 does not properly remove entries from the incomplete listen queue when adding a syncache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network service availability) via a large number of connection attempts, which fills the queue.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 1 |