Resource exhaustion in Netfilter Iptables

CVE-2001-1388

iptables before 1.2.4 does not accurately convert rate limits that are specified on the command line, which could allow attackers or users to generate more or less traffic than intended by the administrator.

EPSS: 0.011 (61.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Netfilter Iptables
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

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