Upstream information

CVE-2007-3642 at MITRE

Description

The decode_choice function in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_asn1.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.15, 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.6, and before 2.6.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an encoded, out-of-range index value for a choice field, which triggers 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
  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 entries: 290611 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 329765 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 15:38:43 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 7 12:45:37 2022