CVE-2007-1734

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

28/03/2007

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The DCCP support in the do_dccp_getsockopt function in net/dccp/proto.c in Linux kernel 2.6.20 and later does not verify the upper bounds of the optlen value, which allows local users running on certain architectures to read kernel memory or cause a denial of service (oops), a related issue to CVE-2007-1730.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.2:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2007-1734

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools