CVE-2007-1496

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2007-03-07
Bugzilla:
238946: CVE-2007-1496 Various NULL pointer dereferences in netfilter code

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

nfnetlink_log in netfilter in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors involving the (1) nfulnl_recv_config function, (2) using "multiple packets per netlink message", and (3) bridged packets, which trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

Find out more about CVE-2007-1496 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) RHSA-2007:0347 2007-05-16

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