When was CVE-2002-2438 disclosed?

CVE-2002-2438 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 18, 2021, with the most recent update on November 20, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2002-2438 actively exploited?

CVE-2002-2438 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 92.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2002-2438?

CVE-2002-2438 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2002-2438?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2002-2438, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2002-2438

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—Trending — 3 sources updated this week

7.5

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.

CVSS v3: 7.5
EG Score: 7.5(medium)
EPSS: 92.3%
KEV: Not listed

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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