CVE-2007-5501 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2007-5501 at MITRE

Description

The tcp_sacktag_write_queue function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.21 through 2.6.23.7, and 2.6.24-rc through 2.6.24-rc2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted ACK responses that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 341857 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2007:063, published Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:00:00 +0000
SUSE-SA:2008:013, published Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 16:22:39 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:06 2025