CVE-2000-0553 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Race condition in IPFilter firewall 3.4.3 and earlier, when configured with overlapping "return-rst" and "keep state" rules, allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions.

Published: 2000-10-13

Score: 2.6 Low

EPSS: 1.4% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:darren_reed:ipfilter:3.3.15:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:darren_reed:ipfilter:3.4.3:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0550	Race condition in IPFilter firewall 3.4.3 and earlier, when configured with overlapping "return-rst" and "keep state" rules, allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01411.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0326.html
http://www.osvdb.org/1377
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1308
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4994

History

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Subscriptions

Darren Reed Ipfilter

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:31.248Z

Reserved: 2000-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0553

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-05-26T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:51:59.123

Link: CVE-2000-0553

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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