Starting iptables service gives error "*** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x08e59de0 ***"
Issue
- Not able to start iptables service, it gives following error:
Applying iptables firewall rules: *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x08e59de0 ***
/etc/init.d/iptables: line 154: 6065 Aborted $IPTABLES-restore $OPT $IPTABLES_DATA
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
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