CVE-2007-5904 Memory corruption in n/a
Medium 6.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-5904 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2007-5904 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 9 Nov 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-2007-5904 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-2007-5904/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5904/index.md)
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via buffer overflows in the Linux kernel CIFS VFS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-5904?
CVE-2007-5904 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 9 Nov 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple buffer overflows in CIFS VFS in Linux kernel 2.6.23 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SMB responses that trigger the overflows in the SendReceive function.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5904?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
kernel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-hugemem Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-hugemem-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-largesmp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-largesmp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-smp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-smp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-xenU Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-xenU-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-hugemem Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-hugemem-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-largesmp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-largesmp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-smp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-smp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-xenU Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-xenU-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-hugemem Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-hugemem-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-largesmp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-largesmp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-smp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-smp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-xenU Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-xenU-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
kernel-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.6.9-67.0.7.EL |
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5904?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2007-5904 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5904 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r46j-8frc-xvvq, RHSA-2008:0167.