CVE-2003-0857

Published Dec 31, 2003

Last updated 16 years ago

Overview

Description
The (1) ipq_read and (2) ipulog_read functions in iptables allow local users to cause a denial of service by sending spoofed messages as other users to the kernel netlink interface.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.6
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-264

Vendor comments

  • Red HatNot affected. Red Hat did not ship iptables-devel or anything else that used these vulnerable functions with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 contained a backported patch to correct this issue.

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