CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0381

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2002-06-25 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-06-25
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

The TCP implementation in various BSD operating systems (tcp_input.c) does not properly block connections to broadcast addresses, which could allow remote attackers to bypass intended filters via packets with a unicast link layer address and an IP broadcast address.

Affected configurations

• freebsd freebsd (<= 4.5) • netbsd netbsd 2.0.4 • openbsd openbsd

References