CVE-2007-5087

medium

Description

The ATM module in the Linux kernel before 2.4.35.3, when CLIP support is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by reading /proc/net/atm/arp before the CLIP module has been loaded.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3246

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25798

http://osvdb.org/39237

http://lwn.net/Articles/251162/

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.35.3

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.35.y.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b7ae15e7707050baafe5a35e3d4f2d175197d222

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-09-26

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H