CVE-2001-1388: Netfilter Iptables

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

iptables before 1.2.4 does not accurately convert rate limits that are specified on the command line, which could allow attackers or users to generate more or less traffic than intended by the administrator.

Affected products

• Netfilter Iptables: before 1.2.4 (fixed in 1.2.4)

Published 2001-11-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.