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CVE-2001-1244
published 2001-07-07

CVE-2001-1244: Multiple TCP implementations could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth and CPU exhaustion) by setting the maximum segment size (MSS)…

PriorityP426medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EXPLOIT
EPSS
35.29%
98.2th percentile
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.

Affected

19 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
freebsdfreebsd
hphp-ux
hphp-ux
hphp-ux
hpvvos
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
microsoftwindows_nt
netbsdnetbsd
netbsdnetbsd
openbsdopenbsd
openbsdopenbsd
sunsunos
sunsunos
sunsunos
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