CVE-2001-1387 — LOW severity vulnerability (iptables-save in iptables before 1.2.4 records the "--reject)
iptables-save in iptables before 1.2.4 records the "--reject-with icmp-host-prohibited" rule as "--reject-with tcp-reset," which causes iptables to generate different responses than specified by the administrator, possibly leading to an information leak.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-1387 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.1 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| CWE | CWE-203 |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-11-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | iptables-save in iptables before 1.2.4 records the "--reject-with icmp-host-prohibited" rule as "--reject-with tcp-reset," which causes iptables to generate different responses than specified by the administrator, possibly leading to an information leak. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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