CVE-1999-0305

Summary

CVE-1999-0305 is a vulnerability affecting the system configuration control (sysctl) facility in older versions of OpenBSD (2.2 and earlier) and FreeBSD (2.2.5 and earlier). The issue lies in the fact that these operating systems fail to restrict source-routed packets, even when the dosourceroute or forwarding variables are set. This flaw permits remote attackers to spoof TCP connections, posing a significant security risk.

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