VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2000-0916

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability5.55%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2000-12-19
Last modified2026-09-23
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other BSD-based OSes, uses an insufficient random number generator to generate initial TCP sequence numbers (ISN), which allows remote attackers to spoof TCP connections.

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