CVE-2007-1217

Publication date 2 March 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Buffer overflow in the bufprint function in capiutil.c in libcapi, as used in Linux kernel 2.6.9 to 2.6.20 and isdn4k-utils, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted CAPI packet.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
isdnutils 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Notes

kees

This doesn't appear exploitable unless debugging has been enabled and the other physical end of the ISDN connection is the attacker.