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CVE-1999-1018

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IPChains in Linux kernels 2.2.10 and earlier does not reassemble IP fragments before checking the header information, which allows a remote attacker to bypass the filtering rules using several fragments with 0 offsets.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 2.2.10; 2.2.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93312523904591&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/543
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93312523904591&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/543

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