CVE-2001-1540 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IPRoute versions 0.973, 0.974, and 1.18. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending fragmented IP packets that split the TCP header, leading to system instability or unresponsiveness. This is a medium-severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.973CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:david_f._mischler:iproute:0.973:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.974CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:david_f._mischler:iproute:0.974:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:david_f._mischler:iproute:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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