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CVE-2001-0323
N/ADescription
The ICMP path MTU (PMTU) discovery feature in various UNIX systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by spoofing "ICMP Fragmentation needed but Don't Fragment (DF) set" packets between two target hosts, which could cause one host to lower its MTU when transmitting to the other host.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A
Published6/2/2001
Last Modified4/16/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
References
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97958349623450&w=2(cve@mitre.org)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5975(cve@mitre.org)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97958349623450&w=2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5975(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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