CVE-2007-1357
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 13.5%EU EUVD
The atalk_sum_skb function in AppleTalk for Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.21, and possibly 2.4.x, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an AppleTalk frame that is shorter than the specified length, which triggers a BUG_ON call when an attempt is made to perform a checksum.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 13.5% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1354)
- Published
- April 11, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1354 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24793(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24901
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25078
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25099
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25392
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25961
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1286
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.5
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_30_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_43_kernel.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23376(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-464-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1340
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235857
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1244
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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