CVE-2007-2480 Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.22)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005947
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed3 May 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 May 2007

CVE-2007-2480  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.22 or higher.

Overview

The _udp_lib_get_port function in net/ipv4/udp.c in Linux kernel 2.6.21 and earlier does not prevent a bind to a port with a local address when there is already a bind to that port with a wildcard local address, which might allow local users to intercept local traffic for daemons or other applications.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1