CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-1387

2.1 LOW Published 2001-11-05 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-11-05
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-203

Description

iptables-save in iptables before 1.2.4 records the "--reject-with icmp-host-prohibited" rule as "--reject-with tcp-reset," which causes iptables to generate different responses than specified by the administrator, possibly leading to an information leak.

Affected configurations

• netfilter iptables (< 1.2.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (3)

  • CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy weakness
  • CWE-204 Observable Response Discrepancy weakness
  • CWE-449 The UI Performs the Wrong Action weakness

References