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CVE-2002-2438

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 3.74%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-05-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2002-2438
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.74%
Linux

Original NVD Description

TCP firewalls could be circumvented by sending a SYN Packets with other flags (like e.g. RST flag) set, which was not correctly discarded by the Linux TCP stack after firewalling.

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