CVE-2002-2254 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2002-2254?

CVE-2002-2254 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Oct 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The experimental IP packet queuing feature in Netfilter / IPTables in Linux kernel 2.4 up to 2.4.19 and 2.5 up to 2.5.31, when a privileged process exits and network traffic is not being queued, may allow a later process with the same Process ID (PID) to access certain network traffic that would otherwise be restricted.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2254?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2002-2254?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2254 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-2254 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-2254 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hvc7-gmjr-xh38.