PT-2019-6494 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2019-07-27 · Updated 2019-09-27 · CVE-2007-6762

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.20

Description The issue is related to an off-by-one bug in the net/netlabel/netlabel cipso v4.c file of the Linux kernel, which can cause an overflow of the doi def->tags[] array.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.20, update to version 2.6.20 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-6762

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 11

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2a2f11c227bdf292b3a2900ad04139d301b56ac4 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2a2f11c227bdf292b3a2900ad04139d301b56ac4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6762 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6762 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6762 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2007-6762 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/5758 · Telegram Post
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05342145?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS · Note
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05342145 · Note
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/2a2f11c227bdf292b3a2900ad04139d301b56ac4 · Note