CVE-1999-1018

High CVSS 7.5

Published 1999-07-27 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1018, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

IPChains in Linux kernels 2.2.10 and earlier does not reassemble IP fragments before checking the header information, which allows a remote attacker to bypass the filtering rules using several fragments with 0 offsets.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1018

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P