CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-1572

7.5 HIGH Published 2001-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The MAC module in Netfilter in Linux kernel 2.4.1 through 2.4.11, when configured to filter based on MAC addresses, allows remote attackers to bypass packet filters via small packets.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.4.1 • linux linux kernel 2.4.2 • linux linux kernel 2.4.3 • linux linux kernel 2.4.4 • linux linux kernel 2.4.5 • linux linux kernel 2.4.6 • linux linux kernel 2.4.7 • linux linux kernel 2.4.8 • linux linux kernel 2.4.9 • linux linux kernel 2.4.10 • linux linux kernel 2.4.11

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