Netfilter Core Team Iptables 1.1.2/1.2.1a/1.2.2/1.2.3 Rate Limit privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Netfilter Core Team Iptables 1.1.2/1.2.1a/1.2.2/1.2.3 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Rate Limit Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2001-1388. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Netfilter Core Team Iptables 1.1.2/1.2.1a/1.2.2/1.2.3. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Rate Limit Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

iptables before 1.2.4 does not accurately convert rate limits that are specified on the command line, which could allow attackers or users to generate more or less traffic than intended by the administrator.

The weakness was presented 11/05/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1388. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 1.2.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-17587 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Iptables 1.2.4

Timelineinfo

11/05/2001 🔍
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07/10/2014 +4630 days 🔍
06/04/2018 +1425 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: rhn.redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2001-1388 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1388
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17588
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2014 11:54
Updated: 06/04/2018 08:53
Changes: 07/10/2014 11:54 (44), 06/04/2018 08:53 (6)
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