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CVE-1999-0305

Published: Feb 01, 1998 | Modified: Nov 20, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0305
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

The system configuration control (sysctl) facility in BSD based operating systems OpenBSD 2.2 and earlier, and FreeBSD 2.2.5 and earlier, does not properly restrict source routed packets even when the (1) dosourceroute or (2) forwarding variables are set, which allows remote attackers to spoof TCP connections.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Bsd_os Bsdi * *
Freebsd Freebsd 2.2 (including) 2.2 (including)
Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.5 (including) 2.2.5 (including)
Openbsd Openbsd 2.0 (including) 2.0 (including)
Openbsd Openbsd 2.1 (including) 2.1 (including)
Openbsd Openbsd 2.2 (including) 2.2 (including)

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