CVE-2007-4997

CVE Details

Release Date:

2007-11-06

Description

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

CVSS v2.0 metrics

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

Errata information

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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