CVE-2007-1730

Published Mar 28, 2007

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description
Integer signedness error in the DCCP support in the do_dccp_getsockopt function in net/dccp/proto.c in Linux kernel 2.6.20 and later allows local users to read kernel memory or cause a denial of service (oops) via a negative optlen value.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Hype score
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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.6
Impact score
9.2
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

Vendor comments

  • Red HatNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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