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CVE-2005-2872

The ipt_recent kernel module (ipt_recent.c) in Linux kernel before 2.6.12, when running on 64-bit processors such as AMD64, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via certain attacks such as SSH brute force, which leads to memset calls using a length based on the u_int32_t type, acting on an array of unsigned long elements, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2873.

Published: Sep 9, 2005 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (61)

Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.2
linux linux_kernel 2.6.3
linux linux_kernel 2.6.4
linux linux_kernel 2.6.5
linux linux_kernel 2.6.6

…and 41 more

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-qwhm-8574-3qr4

The ipt_recent kernel module (ipt_recent.c) in Linux kernel before 2.6.12, when running on 64-bit...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 5.0 / 10
EPSS Score 3.91%

Top 11% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 21.2 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub