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CVE-2005-2873

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2873 describes a vulnerability in the ipt_recent kernel module of Linux kernel versions 2.6.12 and earlier. This flaw causes ipt_recent netfilter rules to prematurely block connections due to improper time tests when the jiffies value exceeds LONG_MAX. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this local vulnerability primarily leads to a denial of service, specifically the blocking of legitimate network traffic. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding 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

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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-0:2.6.9-55.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2873Low

security flaw

May 9, 2005

References

blog.blackdown.de / 2005/05/09/fixing-the-ipt_recent-netfilter-module
PatchVendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHBA-2007-0304.html
secunia.com / advisories/17826
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9838
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/14791