CVE-2007-1388

CVE-2007-1388, security advisory, suse linux, suse, security, cve

CVE-2007-1388

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CVE-2007-1388 at MITRE

Description

The do_ipv6_setsockopt function in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.20, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) by calling setsockopt with the IPV6_RTHDR option name and possibly a zero option length or invalid option value, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.4
Vector	AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	Single
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 253491 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SA:2007:029, published Thu, 03 May 2007 18:00:00 +0000

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 02:40:12 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:20:07 2023