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CVE-2005-0449
The netfilter/iptables module in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) or bypass…
High7.1EPSS 4.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (17)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10753 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:366 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:283 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 19369 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-1018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 19607 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-82-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 12598 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:218 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- FLSA:152532 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [netdev] 20050124 Re: skb_checksum_help (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:293 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:284 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-1017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 19374 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- CLA-2005:945 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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