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CVE-2005-2872

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2872 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the ipt_recent kernel module in Linux kernels prior to version 2.6.12, specifically on 64-bit processors like AMD64. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a kernel panic through attacks such as SSH brute force, due to incorrect length calculations in memset operations. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0391 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-22.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2872Important

security flaw

May 9, 2005

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/17073
secunia.com / advisories/17826
secunia.com / advisories/17918
secunia.com / advisories/18056
secunia.com / advisories/18059
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11394
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-921
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-922
kernel.org / git
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/14791