CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-2873

2.1 LOW Published 2005-09-09 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-09-09
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The ipt_recent kernel module (ipt_recent.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and earlier does not properly perform certain time tests when the jiffies value is greater than LONG_MAX, which can cause ipt_recent netfilter rules to block too early, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2872.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.6.0 • linux linux kernel 2.6.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.3 • linux linux kernel 2.6.4 • linux linux kernel 2.6.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.7 • linux linux kernel 2.6.8 • linux linux kernel 2.6.8.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.8.1.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.9 • linux linux kernel 2.6.10 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.3 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.4 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.7 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.8 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11 rc1 bk6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.12 • linux linux kernel 2.6 test9 cvs

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