Vulnerability in Netfilter Iptables

CVE-2001-1387

iptables-save in iptables before 1.2.4 records the "--reject-with icmp-host-prohibited" rule as "--reject-with tcp-reset," which causes iptables to generate different responses than specified by the administrator, possibly leading to an information leak.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Netfilter Iptables
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-203 — Observable Discrepancy

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Broken Link)