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CVE-2001-0183 — HIGH severity vulnerability (ipfw and ip6fw in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier allows remote atta)

ipfw and ip6fw in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions by setting the ECE flag in a TCP packet, which makes the packet appear to be part of an established connection.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0183
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.5
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-03-26
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionipfw and ip6fw in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions by setting the ECE flag in a TCP packet, which makes the packet appear to be part of an established connection.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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