CVE-2010-0007

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-01-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c in the ebtables module in the netfilter framework in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc4 does not require the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for setting or modifying rules, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and configure arbitrary network-traffic filtering via a modified ebtables application.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.33; 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5 (+131)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dce766af541f6605fa9889892c0280bab31c66ab
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38133
http://secunia.com/advisories/38296
http://secunia.com/advisories/38333
http://secunia.com/advisories/38492
http://secunia.com/advisories/38779

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