CVE-2018-6923

In FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE, 11.2-RELEASE-p2, 11.1-RELEASE-p13, ip fragment reassembly code is vulnerable to a denial of service due to excessive system resource consumption. This issue can allow a remote attacker who is able to send an arbitrary ip fragments to cause the machine to consume excessive resources.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - secteam@freebsd.org

Published

2018-09-04

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected products

• Freebsd (Freebsd)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105336
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041505
• https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:10.ip.asc