#VU94772 Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2007-3719

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#VU94772 Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2007-3719

Published: July 12, 2007 / Updated: November 15, 2008


Vulnerability identifier: #VU94772
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-3719
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.

The process scheduler in the Linux kernel 2.6.16 gives preference to 'interactive' processes that perform voluntary sleeps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), as described in 'Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges.'


Remediation

Install update from vendor's repository.

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