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CVE-2005-2317
Shorewall 2.4.x before 2.4.1, 2.2.x before 2.2.5, and 2.0.x before 2.0.17, when MACLIST_TTL is greater than 0 or MACLIST_DISPOSITION is…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 17% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Shorewall 2.4.x before 2.4.1, 2.2.x before 2.2.5, and 2.0.x before 2.0.17, when MACLIST_TTL is greater than 0 or MACLIST_DISPOSITION is set to ACCEPT, allows remote attackers with an accepted MAC address to bypass other firewall rules or policies.
Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 14292 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-849 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://shorewall.net/News.htm#20050717 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17110 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-197-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 17113 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16087 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200507-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20050718 Shorewall MACLIST Problem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2318 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-2317)Record last updated .