Vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux
CVE-2007-1865
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.
EPSS: 0.003 (24.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 5.1.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)