Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2007-6761
Published: April 24, 2017 / Updated: April 27, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91408
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-6761
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to information disclosure within the videobuf_vm_open(), videobuf_vm_close() and __videobuf_mmap_mapper() functions in drivers/media/video/videobuf-vmalloc.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2007-6761
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.linuxgrill.com/anonymous/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98001
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=827340
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0b29669c065f60501e7289e1950fa2a618962358
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0b29669c065f60501e7289e1950fa2a618962358