PT-2007-3804 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2007-05-03 · Updated 2008-11-13 · CVE-2007-2480

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.21

Description The issue is related to the udp lib get port function in the Linux kernel, which does not prevent binding to a port with a local address when there is already a bind to that port with a wildcard local address. This might allow local users to intercept local traffic for daemons or other applications.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.21, update to a version 2.6.21 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-2480

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2480 · Security Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=de34ed91c4ffa4727964a832c46e624dd1495cf5 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/39235 · Note