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Array overflow in Linux kernel
Published: 25.05.2007
Source: BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID: 7747
Type: library
Level: 6/10
Description: DecNET dn_fib_props() and TCP/IP fib_props() functions array index overflow.

Affected: LINUX : kernel 2.6
CVE: CVE-2007-2172 (A typo in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.21-rc6 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.)

Original document DEBIAN, [SECURITY] [DSA 1297-1] New gforge-plugin-scmcvs packages fix arbitrary shell command execution (25.05.2007)

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