CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-0830

7.5 HIGH Published 2001-12-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-12-06
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-772

Description

6tunnel 0.08 and earlier does not properly close sockets that were initiated by a client, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by repeatedly connecting to and disconnecting from the server.

Affected configurations

• 6tunnel project 6tunnel (<= 0.08)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release weakness
  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness

References