The atalk_sum_skb function in AppleTalk for Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.21, and possibly 2.4.x, allows remote attackers to cause a…

Description

The atalk_sum_skb function in AppleTalk for Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.21, and possibly 2.4.x, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an AppleTalk frame that is shorter than the specified length, which triggers a BUG_ON call when an attempt is made to perform a checksum.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

13.5% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (23)

• DSA-1286 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1340 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• USN-464-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2007:043 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 24901 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235857 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 23376 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1244 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 25226 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2007:029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 25683 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24793 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25099 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xen (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 25961 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25078 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25392 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2007:030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• DSA-1304 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 25714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2007:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 25691 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 12:50 UTC.