CVE-2007-6282
HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD
The IPsec implementation in Linux kernel before 2.6.25 allows remote routers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a fragmented ESP packet in which the first fragment does not contain the entire ESP header and IV.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-16
- EPSS score
- 2.5% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6250)
- Published
- May 8, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6250 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=120372380411259&w=2(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30112
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30294
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30818
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30962
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31551
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31628
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29081
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=404291
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42276
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10549
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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