CVE-2007-4997 (GCVE-0-2007-4997)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-11-06 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:17
VLAI
Summary
Integer underflow in the ieee80211_rx function in net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SKB length value in a runt IEEE 802.11 frame when the IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA flag is set, aka an "off-by-two error."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-11… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/28806 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://secunia.com/advisories/27824 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26337 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1428 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/27912 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/28033 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/27555 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/28170 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/27614 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3718 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bunk… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2007-11-05 00:00
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                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-189"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Important",
      "current_release_date": "2026-01-09T08:42:34+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2007-4997",
      "id": "CVE-2007-4997",
      "initial_release_date": "2007-10-02T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "272",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "kernel ieee80211 off-by-two integer underflow",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2007/cve-2007-4997.json",
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      "aggregate_severity": "important",
      "current_release_date": "2023-12-09T03:40:08Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2007-4997",
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      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T06:10:48Z",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2007-4997",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2007-4997.json",
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  }
}



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