CVE-2002-2438

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-287

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/03/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/29/8
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/30/11
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/30/12
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/30/13
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/30/2