ghsa-gxp8-xh27-r994
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-01 18:00
Modified
2025-04-09 03:40
Details

A typo in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.21-rc6 and 2.4 before 2.4.35 causes RTA_MAX to be used as an array size instead of RTN_MAX, which leads to an "out of bound access" by the (1) dn_fib_props (dn_fib.c, DECNet) and (2) fib_props (fib_semantics.c, IPv4) functions.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2007-2172"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2007-04-22T19:19:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A typo in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.21-rc6 and 2.4 before 2.4.35 causes RTA_MAX to be used as an array size instead of RTN_MAX, which leads to an \"out of bound access\" by the (1) dn_fib_props (dn_fib.c, DECNet) and (2) fib_props (fib_semantics.c, IPv4) functions.",
  "id": "GHSA-gxp8-xh27-r994",
  "modified": "2025-04-09T03:40:29Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T18:00:52Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33979"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10764"
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      "url": "http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.21-rc6"
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      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html"
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      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25068"
    },
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    {
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26289"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
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      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171"
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      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196"
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}


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