Unscored CVE-2002-0510 EUVD-2002-0506GHSA-36wh-r9j6-6x72

The UDP implementation in Linux 2.4.x kernels keeps the IP Identification field at 0 for all non-fragmented packets, which could allow remo…

Published Jun 11, 2002 · Updated Oct 9, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The UDP implementation in Linux 2.4.x kernels keeps the IP Identification field at 0 for all non-fragmented packets, which could allow remote attackers to determine that a target system is running Linux.

References

linux-udp-fingerprint(8588) vdb-entry
4314 vdb-entry
20020319 Identifying Kernel 2.4.x based Linux machines using UDP mailing-list