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medium 5.0

CVE-2002-0896 json

The throttle capability in Swatch may fail to report certain events if (1) the same type of event occurs after the throttle period, or (2)…

published 2002-08-31 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0887

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The throttle capability in Swatch may fail to report certain events if (1) the same type of event occurs after the throttle period, or (2) when multiple events matching the same "watchfor" expression do not occur after the throttle period, which could allow attackers to avoid detection.

Patch / fix

  • swatch Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0896

Exploit prediction

1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

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

References

Sources

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