PT-2007-4896 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Zhongling Wen · Published 2007-07-10 · Updated 2012-10-31 · CVE-2007-3642

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.20.15 Linux kernel versions 2.6.21.x prior to 2.6.21.6 Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.22

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash. This is achieved by providing an encoded, out-of-range index value for a choice field, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the decode choice function.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.20.15, update to version 2.6.20.15 or later. For Linux kernel versions 2.6.21.x prior to 2.6.21.6, update to version 2.6.21.6 or later. For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.22, update to version 2.6.22 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-3642

DSA-1356-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 14

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27212 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26450 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25955 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2466 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:195 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3642 · Security Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.6 · Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 · Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.15 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=25845b5155b55cd77e42655ec24161ba3feffa47 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/37117 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/24818 · Note