# CVE-2007-3099: Auth bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass authentication on the iSCSI management interface to cause denial of service by crashing the daemon or dropping connections.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 14 Jun 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3099, GHSA-4698-4fhw-m884

## What is CVE-2007-3099?

CVE-2007-3099 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 14 Jun 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

usr/mgmt_ipc.c in iscsid in open-iscsi (iscsi-initiator-utils) before 2.0-865 checks the client's UID on the listening AF_LOCAL socket instead of the new connection, which allows remote attackers to access the management interface and cause a denial of service (iscsid exit or iSCSI connection loss).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3099?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Enterprise Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-3099?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2007-3099 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3099 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-3099 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-3099 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 14 Jun 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3099 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Enterprise Linux. 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-2007-3099/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3099/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3099
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3099
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-3099

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3099/
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