CVE-2007-1861 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2007-1861 at MITRE

Description

The nl_fib_lookup function in net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c in Linux Kernel before 2.6.20.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via NETLINK_FIB_LOOKUP replies, which trigger infinite recursion and a stack overflow.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.9
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 268298 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2007:043, published Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:00:00 +0000

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CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:00:22 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:55 2025