CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0510

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2002-08-12 Modified 2026-10-09 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-08-12
Last modified
2026-10-09
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 UDP implementation in Linux 2.4.x kernels keeps the IP Identification field at 0 for all non-fragmented packets, which could allow remote attackers to determine that a target system is running Linux.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.4.0 • linux linux kernel 2.4.1 • linux linux kernel 2.4.2 • linux linux kernel 2.4.3 • linux linux kernel 2.4.4 • linux linux kernel 2.4.5 • linux linux kernel 2.4.6 • linux linux kernel 2.4.7 • linux linux kernel 2.4.8 • linux linux kernel 2.4.9 • linux linux kernel 2.4.10 • linux linux kernel 2.4.11 • linux linux kernel 2.4.12 • linux linux kernel 2.4.13 • linux linux kernel 2.4.14 • linux linux kernel 2.4.15 • linux linux kernel 2.4.16 • linux linux kernel 2.4.17 • linux linux kernel 2.4.18

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