CVE - CVE-2014-7207

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-7207	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
A certain Debian patch to the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel 3.2.x through 3.2.63 does not properly validate arguments in ipv6_select_ident function calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging (1) tun or (2) macvtap device access.
References
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BID:70867 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70867 CONFIRM:https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766195 DEBIAN:DSA-3060 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060 MLIST:[oss-security] 20141102 CVE-2014-7207 assignment: Debian-specific Linux 3.2 backport issue URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/1 UBUNTU:USN-2417-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1 UBUNTU:USN-2418-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1
Assigning CNA
Debian GNU/Linux
Date Record Created
20140927	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20140927)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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