CVE-2007-1000

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-1000
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-03-12 23:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe ipv6_getsockopt_sticky function in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.2 allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory via certain getsockopt calls that trigger a NULL dereference.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
8134 – ArbitrarayKernel memory leak af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.kernel.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
USN-486-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#920689 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.wslabi.com/wabisabilabi/initPublishedBid.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wslabi.com
SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:2007:029) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.suse.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1153 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Fedora update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
Ubuntu update for kernel and redhat-cluster-suite - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rPath update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.osvdb.org/33025 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: kernel-2.6.20-1.2925.fc6 | FedoraNEWS.ORG af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
Linux Kernel "ipv6_getsockopt_sticky()" DoS and Information Leak - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mandriva update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-489-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Linux Kernel IPV6_Getsockopt_Sticky Memory Leak Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
Ubuntu update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rPath update for kernel and xen - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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