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CVE-2001-0469

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-06-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

rwho daemon rwhod in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed packets with a short length.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: through 4.2

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-03/0163.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2473
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6229
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-03/0163.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2473
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6229

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