CVE-2007-4997 Information

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.\

Reference

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bunk/linux-2.6.16.y/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.16.57-rc1 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm.git;a=commitdiff;h=04045f98e0457aba7d4e6736f37eed189c48a5f7 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/27555 http://secunia.com/advisories/27614 http://secunia.com/advisories/27824 http://secunia.com/advisories/27912 http://secunia.com/advisories/28033 http://secunia.com/advisories/28162 http://secunia.com/advisories/28170 http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 http://secunia.com/advisories/28806 http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1428 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:226 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:232 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_59_kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0993.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26337 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3718 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38247 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10596