← Database

CVE-2003-0244

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2003-05-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The route cache implementation in Linux 2.4, and the Netfilter IP conntrack module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via packets with forged source addresses that cause a large number of hash table collisions.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References