CVE-2005-0449

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 16 Feb 2005, 05:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 21:13

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
7.1 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.27% LOW
2% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Feb 2005, 05:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 21:13
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The netfilter/iptables module in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) or bypass firewall rules via crafted packets, which are not properly handled by the skb_checksum_help function.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.27%• Percentile: 85%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    2.6.0 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.6 | 2.6.7 | 2.6.8

References (18)