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Debian DSA-580-1 : iptables - missing initialisation

high Nessus Plugin ID 15678

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Faheem Mitha noticed that the iptables command, an administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT, did not always load the required modules on its own as it was supposed to. This could lead to firewall rules not being loaded on system startup. This caused a failure in connection with rules provided by lokkit at least.

Solution

Upgrade the iptables package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.6a-5.0woody2.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=219686

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-580

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15678

File Name: debian_DSA-580.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iptables, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0986

DSA: 580