Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2001-0469 is an old remote denial-of-service issue in the rwho daemon, rwhod, reported for FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier. A malformed short packet can crash or disrupt the service. Business risk is mainly legacy system availability, not confirmed data theft or code execution. Exposure is most likely on legacy FreeBSD 4.2 or earlier systems running rwhod and reachable from untrusted networks. The bundle does not confirm affected modern platforms or versions beyond possible other operating systems. Treat this as a legacy exposure cleanup item unless rwhod is reachable on business-critical systems. Prioritize finding and isolating affected hosts because unsupported systems can create operational risk beyond this single CVE. Mitigation focus: Inventory systems for FreeBSD 4.2 or earlier and enabled rwhod.; Check FreeBSD-SA-01:29 and current vendor guidance for fixes or configuration advice.; Disable rwhod where it is not operationally required..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- rwhod-remote-dos(6229)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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