Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2002-2254
The experimental IP packet queuing feature in Netfilter / IPTables in Linux kernel 2.4 up to 2.4.19 and 2.5 up to 2.5.31, when a privileged process exits and network traffic is not being queued, may allow a later process with the same Process ID (PID) to access certain network traffic that would otherwise be restricted.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0025.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6305 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10756 (vdb-entry)