CVE-2002-0510: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The UDP implementation in Linux 2.4.x kernels keeps the IP Identification field at 0 for all non-fragmented packets, which could allow remote attackers to determine that a target system is running Linux.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.4.0 only; version 2.4.1 only; version 2.4.2 only; version 2.4.3 only; version 2.4.4 only; version 2.4.5 only; …

Published 2002-08-12. Last modified 2026-10-09.