CVE-2007-6562 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in TCPreen via stack-based buffer overflows triggered by multiple concurrent connections.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-6562?
CVE-2007-6562 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Dec 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the use of FD_SET in TCPreen before 1.4.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via multiple concurrent connections, which result in overflows in the (1) SocketAddress::Connect function in libsolve/sockprot.cpp and (2) monitor_bridge function in src/bridge.cpp.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6562?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tcpreen Tcpreen.
How do I fix CVE-2007-6562?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2007-6562 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6562 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6562, DSA-1443-1, GHSA-qr4r-q82v-5qcq.