CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-1497

Published: Mar 16, 2007 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED

nf_conntrack in netfilter in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.3 does not set nfctinfo during reassembly of fragmented packets, which leaves the default value as IP_CT_ESTABLISHED and might allow remote attackers to bypass certain rulesets using IPv6 fragments.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * 2.6.20.2 (including)
Linux-source-2.6.15 Ubuntu dapper *
Linux-source-2.6.17 Ubuntu edgy *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat kernel-0:2.6.18-8.1.4.el5 *

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