CVE-2003-0364

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The TCP/IP fragment reassembly handling in the Linux kernel 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certain packets that cause a large number of hash table collisions.

Affected products

RedHat Linux: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-311
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-312
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-332
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-336
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-442
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-187.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-195.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-198.html
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-41.txt
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A295
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-311
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-312

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