nuauth in NuFW 1.0.x before 1.0.16 and 1.1 allows authenticated users to cause a denial of service via malformed packets.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3950 is rated Moderate Risk (50.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.61%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 0.54% | 0.61% | +0.07% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.61% | 0.54% | -0.07% |
| 3 | 2025-03-19 | — | 0.61% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.0 | 6.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2005-3950 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nufw), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3950 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| nufw | nufw | 1.0.11 | cpe:2.3:a:nufw:nufw:1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nufw | nufw | 1.0.12 | cpe:2.3:a:nufw:nufw:1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nufw | nufw | 1.0.13 | cpe:2.3:a:nufw:nufw:1.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nufw | nufw | 1.0.14 | cpe:2.3:a:nufw:nufw:1.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nufw | nufw | 1.0.15 | cpe:2.3:a:nufw:nufw:1.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nufw | nufw | 1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:nufw:nufw:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17754 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.nufw.org/+NUFW-1-16-minor-security-fix+.html | Patch |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15645 | Patch |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2647 |