CVE-2003-0550: Red Hat Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The STP protocol, as enabled in Linux 2.4.x, does not provide sufficient security by design, which allows attackers to modify the bridge topology.

Affected products

• Red Hat Linux: version 2.4.2 only

Published 2003-08-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.