CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-5501
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-11-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
The tcp_sacktag_write_queue function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.21 through 2.6.23.7, and 2.6.24-rc through 2.6.24-rc2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted ACK responses that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel 2.6.21
• linux linux kernel 2.6.21.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.21.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.21.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.21.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.21.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.21.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.21.7
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.7
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.8
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.9
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.10
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.11
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.12
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.13
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.14
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.15
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.16
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.17
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.18
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.19
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.20
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.21
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.22
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.7
• linux linux kernel 2.6.24
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96a2d41a3e495734b63bff4e5dd0112741b93b38 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lwn.net/Articles/258947/ lwn.net
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27664 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27703 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27888 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27919 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27922 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28170 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29245 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.8 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.24-rc3 www.kernel.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_63_kernel.html www.novell.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26474 Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3902 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38548 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1965 issues.rpath.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00032.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00170.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00302.html www.redhat.com
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96a2d41a3e495734b63bff4e5dd0112741b93b38 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lwn.net/Articles/258947/ lwn.net
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27664 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27703 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27888 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27919 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27922 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28170 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29245 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.8 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.24-rc3 www.kernel.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_63_kernel.html www.novell.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26474 Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3902 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38548 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1965 issues.rpath.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00032.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00170.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00302.html www.redhat.com