Release Date: | 2007-11-06 |
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.
See more information about CVE-2007-4997 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 7.1 | Base Metrics: | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Access Vector: | Network | Attack Complexity: | Medium |
Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | None |
Integrity Impact: | None | Availability Impact: | Complete |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel) | ELSA-2007-1104 | 2007-12-20 |
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.1.0.1.EL) | ELSA-2007-1104 | 2007-12-20 |
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.1.0.1.EL) | ELSA-2007-1104 | 2007-12-20 |
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel) | ELSA-2007-0993 | 2007-11-30 |
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