CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It affects Linux. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2003-0244
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
4.28%
Linux
Original NVD Description
The route cache implementation in Linux 2.4, and the Netfilter IP conntrack module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via packets with forged source addresses that cause a large number of hash table collisions.