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PF in OpenBSD 3.0 with the return-rst rule sets the TTL...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Apr 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 3, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

PF in OpenBSD 3.0 with the return-rst rule sets the TTL to 128 in the RST packet, which allows remote attackers to determine if a port is being filtered because the TTL is different than the default TTL.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 12, 2002
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 30, 2022
Last updated Apr 3, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

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(83rd percentile)

Weaknesses

Observable Discrepancy

The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor, which exposes security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2002-0514

GHSA ID

GHSA-vqq4-v6w9-fvx4

Source code

No known source code

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