FKIE_CVE-2007-1865

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-09-18 19:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:38
Severity
Summary
The ipv6_getsockopt_sticky function in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Beta 5.1.0 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents) via a negative value of the len parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed in a bug comment, stating that "len is ignored when copying header info to the user's buffer.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://osvdb.org/45909
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=232045
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/45909
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=232045
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat enterprise_linux 5.1.0
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