CVE-2007-1861 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux Kernel, specifically affecting versions prior to 2.6.20.8. An attacker can trigger a kernel panic by sending crafted NETLINK_FIB_LOOKUP replies, leading to infinite recursion and a stack overflow within the nl_fib_lookup function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the CISA KEV catalog, a local denial-of-service exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.20.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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