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title: "CVE-2004-0986\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2004-0986

Publication date 1 March 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Iptables before 1.2.11, under certain conditions, does not properly load
the required modules at system startup, which causes the firewall rules to
fail to load and protect the system from remote attackers.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| iptables | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.3.3-2ubuntu4 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.3.3-2ubuntu4 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.3.3-2ubuntu4 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0986)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0986)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2004-0986)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0986)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-81-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-81-1)
+ iptables vulnerability
+ 11 February 2005

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0986>