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ELSA-2010-0019 Important: Enterprise Linux kernel security update

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ELSA-2010-0019 Important: Enterprise Linux kernel security update

Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

12/20/2007

Created

07/25/2018

Added

12/20/2011

Modified

06/21/2018

Description

The ipv6_hop_jumbo function in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly validate the hop-by-hop IPv6 extended header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic) via a crafted IPv6 packet.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-debug
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-doc
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-headers
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-pae
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-xen
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-ocfs2
oracle-linux-upgrade-oracleasm

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2007-4567
26943
CVE - 2007-4567
OVAL11083
OVAL7474
RHSA-2010:0019
RHSA-2010:0053
RHSA-2010:0095
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2010-January/001310.html
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