CVE-1999-1018 — HIGH severity vulnerability (IPChains in Linux kernels 2.2.10 and earlier does not reasse)
IPChains in Linux kernels 2.2.10 and earlier does not reassemble IP fragments before checking the header information, which allows a remote attacker to bypass the filtering rules using several fragments with 0 offsets.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1018 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.5 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1999-07-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | IPChains in Linux kernels 2.2.10 and earlier does not reassemble IP fragments before checking the header information, which allows a remote attacker to bypass the filtering rules using several fragments with 0 offsets. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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