VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-1018

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability7.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1999-07-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

IPChains in Linux kernels 2.2.10 and earlier does not reassemble IP fragments before checking the header information, which allows a remote attacker to bypass the filtering rules using several fragments with 0 offsets.

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