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CVE-2003-0857

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0857 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the iptables ipq_read and ipulog_read functions. Local users can exploit this by sending spoofed messages to the kernel netlink interface, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating it is not a widely recognized or exploited threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 3,050 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0857

CVE-2003-0857

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi