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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2001-1388 json

iptables before 1.2.4 does not accurately convert rate limits that are specified on the command line, which could allow attackers or users…

published 2001-11-05 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-1368

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

iptables before 1.2.4 does not accurately convert rate limits that are specified on the command line, which could allow attackers or users to generate more or less traffic than intended by the administrator.

Patch / fix

  • netfilter iptables 1.2.4

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2001-1388 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Linux 7.1 Red Hat Linux 7.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2001:144

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53325 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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