Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2007-3719
Published: July 12, 2007 / Updated: November 15, 2008
Vulnerability identifier: #VU94772
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability 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.'
How to mitigate CVE-2007-3719
Install update from vendor's repository.