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CVE-2001-1540

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IPRoute 0.973, 0.974 and 1.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via fragmented IP packets that split the TCP header.

Affected products

• David F. Mischler Iproute: 0.973, 0.974, 1.18

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0047.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7664.php
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0047.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7664.php

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