CVE-2007-2480 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2007-2480?

CVE-2007-2480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 May 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2480?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2007-2480?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2480 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2007-2480 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2480 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-2wrq-53r8-rc4c.