CVE-1999-0305

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Summary

CVECVE-1999-0305
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1998-02-01 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-05-03 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Bsdi Bsd Os All All All All
Operating System Bsdi Bsd Os All All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.5 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.1 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.2 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.1 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.openbsd.org/advisories/sourceroute.txt MISC www.openbsd.org
11502 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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