Detections
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CVE-2002-0794
high
Description
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.
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4879
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9209.php
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2002-05/0349.html