CVE-2003-1604

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The redirect_target function in net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REDIRECT.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by sending packets to an interface that has a 0.0.0.0 IP address, a related issue to CVE-2015-8787.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.5.75

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
http://marc.info/?l=netfilter-devel&m=106668497403047&w=2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/27/9
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303072
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
http://marc.info/?l=netfilter-devel&m=106668497403047&w=2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/27/9
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303072

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