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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-5501 Detail

Current Description

The tcp_sacktag_write_queue function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.21 through 2.6.23.7, and 2.6.24-rc through 2.6.24-rc2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted ACK responses that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (11/20/2007)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96a2d41a3e495734b63bff4e5dd0112741b93b38 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lwn.net/Articles/258947/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27664 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27703 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27888 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27919 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27922 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28170 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29245 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.8 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.24-rc3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_63_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26474 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
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.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3902 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38548 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1965 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00032.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00170.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00302.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5501
NVD Published Date:
11/15/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.