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CVE-2005-2872

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2005-09-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The ipt_recent kernel module (ipt_recent.c) in Linux kernel before 2.6.12, when running on 64-bit processors such as AMD64, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via certain attacks such as SSH brute force, which leads to memset calls using a length based on the u_int32_t type, acting on an array of unsigned long elements, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2873.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References