CVE-2005-2873

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2005-05-09
Bugzilla:
1617762: CVE-2005-2873 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2005-2873 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (kernel) RHBA-2007:0304 2007-04-28

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