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Shorewall

First CVE: Aug 6, 2004Active for: 22 yearsTotal CVEs: 2

Shorewall is a modestly represented firewall and network packet filtering tool deployed on Linux systems to manage iptables-based rule enforcement and stateful traffic control. The observed disclosures center on the core firewall configuration and filtering product itself, with weakness classifications reflecting generic misconfiguration or logic-related concerns typical of policy-driven network security tools. Current severity, exploitation activity, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.

FAUCET AI Generated
2
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 56% of tracked vendors
1.0
Avg CVEs / Product / Year
More Avg CVEs / Product / Year than 12% of tracked vendors
6.0
Avg CVSS Score
Higher Avg CVSS Score than 30% of tracked vendors
0.0%
In CISA KEV
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Shorewall over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Aug 6, 2004
21 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jul 19, 2005
7,675 days ago

Products(1 total)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).

2 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2005-2317HIGH
Shorewall 2.4.x before 2.4.1, 2.2.x before 2.2.5, and 2.0.x before 2.0.17, when MACLIST_TTL is greater than 0 or MACLIST_DISPOSITION is set to ACCEPT, allows remote attackers with
Jul 19, 20057.520NONO
CVE-2004-0647MEDIUM
shorewall 1.4.10c and earlier, and 2.0.x before 2.0.3a, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the chains-$$ temporary file.
Aug 6, 20044.614NONO
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CVE Severity & Scoring

Severity distribution of CVEs that affect this vendor's products2 CVEs
50%
50%
Severity distribution among all CVEs352,231 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
MediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown2 (100.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown2 (100.0%)
User Interaction
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown2 (100.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown2 (100.0%)

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

Social Chatter

An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Shorewall.

Media Mentions

Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Shorewall — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Shorewall's Products

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