CVE-2007-2172 Information

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.

Reference

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.21-rc6 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html http://secunia.com/advisories/25068 http://secunia.com/advisories/25288 http://secunia.com/advisories/25392 http://secunia.com/advisories/25838 http://secunia.com/advisories/26289 http://secunia.com/advisories/26450 http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 http://secunia.com/advisories/26647 http://secunia.com/advisories/27913 http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 http://secunia.com/advisories/33280 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.35 http://www.mail-archive.com/git-commits-head@vger.kernel.org/msg08269.html http://www.mail-archive.com/git-commits-head@vger.kernel.org/msg08270.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:216 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0347.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23447 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-464-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2690 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33979 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10764