CVE-2010-0751

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2010-0751 · Published 06/04/2010 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2010-0751 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting libnids (libnids project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.9%, higher than 90.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.24 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libnids libnids_project	`< 1.24`	`1.24`

Description

The ip_evictor function in ip_fragment.c in libnids before 1.24, as used in dsniff and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via crafted fragmented packets.

References

freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/libnids/libnids/1.24/libnids-1.24.releasenotes.txt · Product
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038375.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038388.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038410.html · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/39225 · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/39249 · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/39142 · Third Party Advisory
vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0777 · Third Party Advisory
vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0791 · Third Party Advisory
xorl.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/libnids-ip-fragmentation-remote-null-pointer-dereference · Exploit

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