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CVE-2005-3272

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3272 describes a vulnerability in the Linux kernel prior to version 2.6.12, where a remote attacker could manipulate the bridge forwarding table. By sending specially crafted frames that would normally be dropped by filtering, an attacker could poison the table, leading to the forwarding of spoofed packets. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting integrity (spoofing). 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0311 is in the 81st 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-0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-3272Moderate

security flaw

May 29, 2005

References

linux.bkbits.net / linux-2.6/cset%40429a310bRFOXOmZvKaGXW8A5Qd9F1A
secunia.com / advisories/18056
secunia.com / advisories/20237
secunia.com / advisories/21745
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10157
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
usn.ubuntu.com / 219-1
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-922
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html
securityfocus.com / bid/15536