The accept_filter mechanism in FreeBSD 4 through 4.5 does not properly remove entries from the incomplete listen queue when adding a syncache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network service availability) via a large number of connection attempts, which fills the queue.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:48.667Z
Reserved: 2002-07-25T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2002-0794

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2002-0794

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