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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:261		Date: 2007-04-10
Title:	Linux Route Cache / Netfilter Denial of Service
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.
Version:	2	Class:	vulnerability
Status:	ACCEPTED	Reference(s):	CVE-2003-0244
Family:	unix
Platform(s):	Red Hat Linux 9	Product(s):	Netfilter
Definition Synopsis:
Red Hat 9 is installed AND ix86 architecture AND kernel version is less than 2.4.20-13.9

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