CVE-2001-0284 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in IPSEC authentication mechanism for OpenBS)
Buffer overflow in IPSEC authentication mechanism for OpenBSD 2.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a malformed Authentication header (AH) IPv4 option.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-0284 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 10.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-05-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in IPSEC authentication mechanism for OpenBSD 2.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a malformed Authentication header (AH) IPv4 option. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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