TCP firewalls could be circumvented by sending a SYN Packets with other flags (like e.g. RST flag) set, which was not correctly discarded by the Linux TCP stack after firewalling.
CVE-2002-2438
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-04-21. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 88.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 18, 2021
Last Modified
November 20, 2024
References (32)
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/03/7
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/29/8
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/30/11
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/30/12
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/30/13
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/30/2
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/30/4
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/30/8
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/30/9
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/31/3
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/12/8
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744994%2C
- secalert@redhathttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210727-0003/
- secalert@redhathttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/464113
- secalert@redhathttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/464113%2C
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