CVE-2007-2451 Information disclosure in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-2451 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2007-2451 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 May 2007.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2451 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2451/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2451/index.md)
Attackers can obtain sensitive information from the Linux kernel GEODE-AES driver via unspecified vectors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Not stated
- Victim action needed
- Not stated
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-2451?
CVE-2007-2451 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 May 2007.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in drivers/crypto/geode-aes.c in GEODE-AES in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21.3 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2451?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2007-2451?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2451 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2007-2451 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2451 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c897-2cj6-j4xv.