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kernel: TCP connection ISN hijacks

Published May 24, 2001

Description

TCP implementations that use random increments for initial sequence numbers (ISN) can allow remote attackers to perform session hijacking or disruption by injecting a flood of packets with a range of ISN values, one of which may match the expected ISN.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue did NOT affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

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Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

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Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 24, 2001
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Apr 23, 2001
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date May 1, 2001