CVE-2003-0857 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a denial of service by sending spoofed messages to the kernel netlink interface via iptables functions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2003-0857?

CVE-2003-0857 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 20 Nov 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The (1) ipq_read and (2) ipulog_read functions in iptables allow local users to cause a denial of service by sending spoofed messages as other users to the kernel netlink interface.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0857?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2003-0857?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0857 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2003-0857 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0857 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Enterprise Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-774x-739g-38wq.

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