Security Advisory

CVE-2007-1497

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2007-03-16 22:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 12:59:08
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

nf_conntrack in netfilter in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.3 does not set nfctinfo during reassembly of fragmented packets, which leaves the default value as IP_CT_ESTABLISHED and might allow remote attackers to bypass certain rulesets using IPv6 fragments.