CVE-2002-2438

Summary

CVECVE-2002-2438
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-18 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 22:15:00 UTC
DescriptionTCP 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- kernel: tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages MLIST www.openwall.com
Invalid Bug ID MISC bugzilla.suse.com
CVE-2002-2438 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- kernel: tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- kernel: tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages MLIST www.openwall.com
Invalid Bug ID MISC bugzilla.suse.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- kernel: tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages MLIST www.openwall.com
CERT Vulnerability Notes Database MISC www.kb.cert.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request (2002): Linux TCP stack could accept invalid TCP flag combinations MISC www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request (2002): Linux TCP stack could accept invalid TCP flag combinations MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE Request -- kernel: tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages MLIST www.openwall.com
CERT Vulnerability Notes Database MISC www.kb.cert.org
oss-security - Re: Old CVE ids, public, but still "RESERVED" MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- kernel: tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request (2002): Linux TCP stack could accept invalid TCP flag combinations MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- kernel: tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- kernel: tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages MLIST www.openwall.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#464113 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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