CVE-2007-1000

Public Exploit

Description

The ipv6_getsockopt_sticky function in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.2 allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory via certain getsockopt calls that trigger a NULL dereference.

7.2

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.22%

Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory suse.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoranews.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoranews.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22904	exploit vdb entry patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10015	vdb entry signature
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/920689	third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/24901	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:078	vendor advisory
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8134
http://secunia.com/advisories/24777	third party advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0001.html	vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1153
http://www.wslabi.com/wabisabilabi/initPublishedBid.do?
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24518	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0907	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25099	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457	mailing list
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2787	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0169.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25080	third party advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/33025	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24493	third party advisory
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2788	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25691	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26139	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26133	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1000?: CVE-2007-1000 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-1000?: To fix CVE-2007-1000, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-1000 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-1000 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.