CVE-2005-2873 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2005-2873?

CVE-2005-2873 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 9 Sep 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ipt_recent kernel module (ipt_recent.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and earlier does not properly perform certain time tests when the jiffies value is greater than LONG_MAX, which can cause ipt_recent netfilter rules to block too early, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2872.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2873?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2873?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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-2005-2873 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2873 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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