Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2007-4997 First vendor Publication 2007-11-06
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-02-13

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.1 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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."

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4997

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10596
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10596
Title: 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."
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."
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-4997
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 898

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDKSA-2007:226 (kernel)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_226.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDKSA-2007:232 (kernel)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_232.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2008:105 (kernel)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_105.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.17/20/22 vulnerabilities USN-558-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_558_1.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.17/20/22 vulnerabilities USN-574-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_574_1.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities USN-578-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_578_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2007:0993-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2007_0993-01_kernel.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2007:1104-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2007_1104-01_kernel.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2007:1104 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2007_1104_kernel_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2007:1104 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2007_1104_kernel_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-01-28 Name : SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2007:059
File : nvt/gb_suse_2007_059.nasl
2009-01-28 Name : SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2007:064
File : nvt/gb_suse_2007_064.nasl
2008-02-05 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1481-1 (python-cherrypy)
File : nvt/deb_1481_1.nasl
2008-01-31 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1428-1 (linux-2.6)
File : nvt/deb_1428_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1428-2 (linux-2.6)
File : nvt/deb_1428_2.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
39236 Linux Kernel net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c ieee80211_rx() Function Remote DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0993.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-1104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20071219_kernel_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20071129_kernel_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-17 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-4745.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-226.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-232.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-578-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-06 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1481.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-05 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-574-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-01 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_kernel-4929.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-08 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_kernel-4752.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-1104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-24 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-1104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-19 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-558-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-4741.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1428.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-30 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0993.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-12 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_kernel-4641.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26337
CONFIRM ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bunk/linux-2.6.16.y/testing/Chan...
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1428
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:226
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:232
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105
MISC http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0404...
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0993.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/27555
http://secunia.com/advisories/27614
http://secunia.com/advisories/27824
http://secunia.com/advisories/27912
http://secunia.com/advisories/28033
http://secunia.com/advisories/28162
http://secunia.com/advisories/28170
http://secunia.com/advisories/28706
http://secunia.com/advisories/28806
http://secunia.com/advisories/28971
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_59_kernel.html
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3718
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38247

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