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CVE-2001-0388: Freebsd: Denial of service

CVE-2001-0388 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and NVD lists 3 affected products, including Freebsd. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

time server daemon timed allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed packets.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
• Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
• Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
• Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
• Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
• Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

• Freebsd: up to and including 4.1
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 6.0; 6.1; 7.0; 7.1; 7.2
• Suse Linux: 6.1; 6.2; 6.3; 6.4; 7.0; 7.1

References

• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-034.php3
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_007_nkitserv.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6228