CVE-2007-4567

CVE-2007-4567 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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