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.
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