Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2007-1730
Published: March 28, 2007 / Updated: August 2, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95260
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-1730
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to read data or crash the application.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2007-1730
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://marc.info/?l=dccp&m=117509584316267&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25392
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2482
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463934/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464144/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23162
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017820
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-464-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1143
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33274