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CVE-2002-2438

TCP firewalls could be circumvented by sending a SYN Packets with other flags (like e.g.

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Summary

TCP 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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a kernel

    before Linux kernel 2.4.20

References 16

openwall.com

kb.cert.org

bugzilla.suse.com

security.netapp.com