debian · CVE-2012-2663

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Priority: unimportant Published: Updated: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:59:17 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2012-2663 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (iptables), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5.

Description:

extensions/libxt_tcp.c in iptables through 1.4.21 does not match TCP SYN+FIN packets in --syn rules, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended firewall restrictions via crafted packets. NOTE: the CVE-2012-6638 fix makes this issue less relevant.

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