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PXE server denial of service vulnerability

Package(s):pxe CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0835
Created:September 4, 2002 Updated:November 11, 2002
Description: The PXE server can be crashed using DHCP packets from some Voice Over IP (VOIP) phones. Maliciously formed DHCP packets could be used by a remote attacker to effect a denial of service attack.

The PXE package contains the PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) server and code needed for Linux to boot from a boot disk image on a Linux PXE server.
Alerts:
SCO Group CSSA-2002-044.0 2002-11-11
Eridani ERISA-2002:041 2002-09-03
Red Hat RHSA-2002:162-12 2002-08-30
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