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TITLE:
FreeBSD TCP Stack Implementation Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15867

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15867/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
FreeBSD 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/1132/
FreeBSD 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/139/

DESCRIPTION:
FreeBSD has issued an update for the TCP stack. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service) on active TCP sessions.

For more information:
SA15393

Additionally, an error has also been fixed, which causes TCP SYN
packets to be accepted for established connections making it possible
to overwrite certain TCP options.

SOLUTION:
Update FreeBSD or apply patch.

Fixed versions:
2005-06-29 21:38:48 UTC (RELENG_5, 5.4-STABLE)
2005-06-29 21:41:03 UTC (RELENG_5_4, 5.4-RELEASE-p3)
2005-06-29 21:42:33 UTC (RELENG_5_3, 5.3-RELEASE-p17)
2005-06-29 21:43:42 UTC (RELENG_4, 4.11-STABLE)
2005-06-29 21:45:14 UTC (RELENG_4_11, 4.11-RELEASE-p11)
2005-06-29 21:46:15 UTC (RELENG_4_10, 4.10-RELEASE-p16)

Patch for FreeBSD 4.x:
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:15/tcp4.patch
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:15/tcp4.patch.asc

Patch for FreeBSD 5.x:
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:15/tcp.patch
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:15/tcp.patch.asc

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:15.tcp.asc

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA15393:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15393/

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