CVE-2002-0381 describes a vulnerability in the TCP implementation of various BSD operating systems (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD) where connections to broadcast addresses are not properly blocked. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass network filters by sending packets with a unicast link layer address and an IP broadcast address. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.