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CVE-2007-2172

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
22/04/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

A typo in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.21-rc6 and 2.4 before 2.4.35 causes RTA_MAX to be used as an array size instead of RTN_MAX, which leads to an "out of bound access" by the (1) dn_fib_props (dn_fib.c, DECNet) and (2) fib_props (fib_semantics.c, IPv4) functions.

Impact

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

Base Score: 4.70 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
4.70
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.4.0 (including) 2.4.35 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.6.0 (including) 2.6.20 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21:git1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21:git2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21:git3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21:git4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21:git5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21:git6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21:git7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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