CVE-2007-2172
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
5.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
43.1%
A typo in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.21-rc6 and 2.4 before 2.4.35 causes RTA_MAX to be used as an array size instead of RTN_MAX, which leads to an “out of bound access” by the (1) dn_fib_props (dn_fib.c, DECNet) and (2) fib_props (fib_semantics.c, IPv4) functions.
Affected configurations
References
kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.21-rc6
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html
secunia.com/advisories/25068
secunia.com/advisories/25288
secunia.com/advisories/25392
secunia.com/advisories/25838
secunia.com/advisories/26289
secunia.com/advisories/26450
secunia.com/advisories/26620
secunia.com/advisories/26647
secunia.com/advisories/27913
secunia.com/advisories/29058
secunia.com/advisories/33280
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm
www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356
www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.35
www.mail-archive.com/git-commits-head%40vger.kernel.org/msg08269.html
www.mail-archive.com/git-commits-head%40vger.kernel.org/msg08270.html
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:216
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0347.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/23447
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-464-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2690
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33979
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10764
Related
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
5.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
43.1%