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CVE-2001-0284

CRITICAL

10.0

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1020%

EPSS Percentile20.13th

PublishedMay 3, 2001

Last ModifiedApr 16, 2026

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in IPSEC authentication mechanism for OpenBSD 2.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a malformed Authentication header (AH) IPv4 option.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Openbsd

Openbsd

<= 2.8

References & Advisories

🔗 http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#ipsec_ah

🔗 http://www.osvdb.org/6026

🔗 http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#ipsec_ah

🔗 http://www.osvdb.org/6026

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