CVE-2007-1865 in Enterprise Linux

Summary

** DISPUTED ** The ipv6_getsockopt_sticky function in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Beta 5.1.0 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents) via a negative value of the len parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed in a bug comment, stating that "len is ignored when copying header info to the user s buffer."

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• Reservation: 04/04/2007
• Disclosure: 09/18/2007
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-38827
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-189 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 4.0
• EPSS: 0.00056
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1865
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1865
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2007-1865/