SB2007050301 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel
Published: May 3, 2007
Security Bulletin ID
SB2007050301
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2007-0771)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The utrace support in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) related to 'MT exec + utrace_attach spin failure mode,' as demonstrated by ptrace-thrash.c.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://osvdb.org/35927
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25080
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017979
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0169.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23720
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227952
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228816
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34128
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9447