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CVE-2004-1918
RSniff 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection exhaustion) via a large number of connections with a command…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.6%
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- mitre
Description
RSniff 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection exhaustion) via a large number of connections with a command other than AUTHENTICATE, or without any data, which prevents the socket from being closed properly.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/rsniff-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 11339 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 10093 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20040409 DoS in Rsniff 1.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- rsniff-connection-dos(15823) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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