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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-2480
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CVE-2007-2480

Description:
The _udp_lib_get_port function in net/ipv4/udp.c in Linux kernel 2.6.21 and earlier does not prevent a bind to a port with a local address when there is already a bind to that port with a wildcard local address, which might allow local users to intercept local traffic for daemons or other applications.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

CONFIRM
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=de34ed91c4ffa4727964a832c46e624dd1495cf5


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