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CVE-2007-4997 Detail

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."


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bunk/linux-2.6.16.y/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.16.57-rc1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=04045f98e0457aba7d4e6736f37eed189c48a5f7 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27555 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27614 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27824 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27912 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28033 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28162 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28170 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28806 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1428 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:226 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:232 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_59_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0993.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26337 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3718 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38247 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10596 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4997
NVD Published Date:
11/06/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.