First published: Thu Sep 25 2003(Updated: )
The arplookup function in FreeBSD 5.1 and earlier, Mac OS X before 10.2.8, and possibly other BSD-based systems, allows remote attackers on a local subnet to cause a denial of service (resource starvation and panic) via a flood of spoofed ARP requests.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.5 | |
Apple Mac OS X Server | =10.2.2 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.7 | |
Apple Mac OS X Server | =10.2.4 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.1 | |
OpenBSD | =3.3 | |
Apple Mac OS X Server | =10.2.7 | |
Apple Mac OS X Server | =10.2.3 | |
FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.5 | |
FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.0 | |
FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.1 | |
FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.1.1 | |
Apple Mac OS X Server | =10.2 | |
Apple Mac OS X Server | =10.2.1 | |
FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.6 | |
FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.7 | |
FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.8 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.2 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.4 | |
Apple Mac OS X Server | =10.2.5 | |
FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.3 | |
FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.9-pre-release | |
FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.1 | |
Apple Mac OS X Server | =10.2.6 | |
FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.2 | |
FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.4 | |
OpenBSD | =3.2 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2 | |
OpenBSD | =3.4 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.6 | |
FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.6.2 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.3 | |
FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.0 |
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The severity of CVE-2003-0804 is considered moderate, primarily because it facilitates a denial of service attack.
To mitigate CVE-2003-0804, update to the latest versions of FreeBSD or Mac OS X that contain the necessary security patches.
CVE-2003-0804 affects FreeBSD 5.1 and earlier, and various versions of Mac OS X prior to 10.2.8.
CVE-2003-0804 enables remote attackers to carry out denial of service attacks via spoofed ARP requests.
Given the nature of the vulnerability and its denial of service capabilities, CVE-2003-0804 is likely to be exploited in localized network environments.