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CVE-2007-6282

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6282 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the IPsec implementation of the Linux kernel, affecting versions prior to 2.6.25, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Remote attackers can crash affected systems by sending fragmented ESP packets where the initial fragment lacks the complete ESP header and IV. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating a high severity with network attack vector, medium complexity, and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
as_4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:as_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
es_4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:es_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ws_4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:ws_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0245 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-74.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-53.1.21.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-6282Important

IPSec ESP kernel panics

Feb 22, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html
marc.info
Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/30112
secunia.com / advisories/30294
secunia.com / advisories/30818
secunia.com / advisories/30890
secunia.com / advisories/30962
secunia.com / advisories/31107
secunia.com / advisories/31551
secunia.com / advisories/31628
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42276
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10549
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1630
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
securityfocus.com / bid/29081
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-625-1