PT-2007-6184 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2007-09-26 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2007-5087

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.4.35.3

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a kernel panic, by reading /proc/net/atm/arp before the CLIP module has been loaded, when CLIP support is enabled.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.4.35.3, update to version 2.4.35.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5087

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5087 · Security Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.35.3 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/39237 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25798 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.35.y.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b7ae15e7707050baafe5a35e3d4f2d175197d222 · Note
• http://lwn.net/Articles/251162 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3246 · Note