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CVE-2007-1592

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
22/03/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.21-rc3 inadvertently copies the ipv6_fl_socklist from a listening TCP socket to child sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or double free by opening a listening IPv6 socket, attaching a flow label, and connecting to that socket.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
4.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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