PT-2007-2430 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Chris Wright

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Published

2007-03-12

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Updated

2017-10-11

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CVE-2007-1000

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.20.2
Description: The issue allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory via certain getsockopt calls that trigger a NULL dereference, specifically through the ipv6 getsockopt sticky function in net/ipv6/ipv6 sockglue.c.
Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.6.20.2, update to version 2.6.20.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

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Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-1000
RHSA-2007:0169
RHSA-2007_0169

Affected Products

Linux Kernel
Red Hat