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CVE-2007-2172 Detail

Description

A typo in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.21-rc6 and 2.4 before 2.4.35 causes RTA_MAX to be used as an array size instead of RTN_MAX, which leads to an "out of bound access" by the (1) dn_fib_props (dn_fib.c, DECNet) and (2) fib_props (fib_semantics.c, IPv4) functions.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.21-rc6 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25068 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25288 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25392 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25838 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26289 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26450 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26647 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27913 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33280 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.35 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mail-archive.com/git-commits-head%40vger.kernel.org/msg08269.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.mail-archive.com/git-commits-head%40vger.kernel.org/msg08270.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:216 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0347.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23447 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-464-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2690 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33979 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10764 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2172
NVD Published Date:
04/22/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE