CVE-2007-1865

Published: Sep 18, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

1.9

Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

The ipv6_getsockopt_sticky function in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Beta 5.1.0 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents) via a negative value of the len parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed in a bug comment, stating that "len is ignored when copying header info to the user's buffer.