Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2007-1217
Published: March 2, 2007 / Updated: October 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95224
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-1217
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
Buffer overflow in the bufprint function in capiutil.c in libcapi, as used in Linux kernel 2.6.9 to 2.6.20 and isdn4k-utils, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted CAPI packet.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Gentoo Linux
net-dialup/capi4k-utils
Gentoo Linux
net-dialup/capi4k-utils
How to mitigate CVE-2007-1217
Install update from vendor's repository.
net-dialup/capi4k-utils - update to 20050718-r3
External References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=408530
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8028
- http://osvdb.org/34742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24777
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26379
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26478
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26709
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26760
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27528
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-23.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-404.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:078
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0671.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0672.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0673.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0774.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23333
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018539
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10503