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CVE-2001-1244

Published: May 3, 2002Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
20.7%
Top 2.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Multiple TCP implementations could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth and CPU exhaustion) by setting the maximum segment size (MSS) to a very small number and requesting large amounts of data, which generates more packets with less TCP-level data that amplify network traffic and consume more server CPU to process.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

hp
commercial·USaka hewlett packard, hpe
hp-uxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
vvosEmbeddedFirmware
Hardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
microsoft
commercial·US
windows 2000OS
Operating Systems / windows
windows ntOn-premOS
Operating Systems / windows
freebsd
oss-project·US
freebsdOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
linux
oss-projectaka the linux kernel
linux kernelOn-premOS
Operating Systems
netbsd
oss-project·US
netbsdOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
openbsd
oss-project·CA
openbsdOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
and 2 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195457
securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2997
securityfocus.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6824
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

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