Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2007-1357

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Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2007-1357

Published: April 11, 2007 / Updated: November 5, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU99775
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-1357
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The atalk_sum_skb function in AppleTalk for Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.21, and possibly 2.4.x, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an AppleTalk frame that is shorter than the specified length, which triggers a BUG_ON call when an attempt is made to perform a checksum.


Affected software

Linux kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2007-1357

Install update from vendor's repository.


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