CVE-2004-0986 Misconfiguration in n/a

What is CVE-2004-0986?

CVE-2004-0986 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Nov 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Iptables before 1.2.11, under certain conditions, does not properly load the required modules at system startup, which causes the firewall rules to fail to load and protect the system from remote attackers.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0986?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Redhat Fedora Core, Suse Suse Iptables.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0986?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2004-0986 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0986 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0986, DSA-580-1, GHSA-8mv5-p2cm-jqw7.